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Safir-1A
Safir-1A (Rasad 1) |
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. Safir-1A is a slightly improved version. 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.
→ all Safir versions
| Version | Stage 1 | Stage 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Safir-1A | Shahab-3 (str.) / ? | Stage 2 / 2 × ? |
| Performance (kg) | LEO | LPEO | SSO | GTO | GEO | MolO | IP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Safir-1A | ~25 | - | - | - | - | - |
No: Type Serial Date LS Payload
3 1 Safir-1A UIS.0001 15.06.2011 Sem LP-1 Rasad 1 Launch sites: Sem = Semnan Satellite Launch Center, Semnan province, Iran
