Safir-1 (Omid) |
Safir is an Iranian space launcher based on the Kavoshgar-1 sounding rocket, which is a modification of the Shahab-3 IRBM.
The Safir-1A is a two stage vehicle with a stretched Shahab-3 (Nodong type) based first stage, a liquid fueled second stage with two engines. The Safir-1B introduced an new fuel combination for higher thrust of stage one.
Possibly a small solid fuel third stage might be added to improve performance in future versions.
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Version | Stage 1 | Stage 2 |
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Safir-1 | Shahab-3 (str.) / ? | Stage 2 / 2 × ? |
Performance (kg) | LEO | LPEO | SSO | GTO | GEO | MolO | IP |
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Safir-1 | ~25 | - | - | - | - | - |
No: Type Serial Date LS Payload
1 1 Safir-1 OES.0001 17.08.2008 F Sem LP-1 Omid ? 2 2 Safir-1 GBS.0092 02.02.2009 Sem LP-1 Omid Launch sites: Sem = Semnan Satellite Launch Center, Semnan province, Iran Failures: Flight 1: Second stage lost control. Unclear, if orbital attempt or suborbital test flight.