![]() Safir-1B (Navid) |
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.
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Version | Stage 1 | Stage 2 |
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Safir-1B | Shahab-3 (impr. str.) / ? | Stage 2 / 2 × ? |
Performance (kg) | LEO | LPEO | SSO | GTO | GEO | MolO | IP |
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Safir-1B | 65 | - | - | - | - | - |
No: Type Serial Date LS Payload
4 1 Safir-1B ERS.2002 03.02.2012 Sem LP-1 Navid 5 2 Safir-1B . 23.05.2012 ? F Sem LP-1 Fajr 1 6 3 Safir-1B . 22.09.2012 ? F Sem LP-1 Fajr 2 - - Safir-1B . 17.02.2013 ? F% Sem LP-1 Fajr 3 7 4 Safir-1B LBS.2001 02.02.2015 Sem LP-1 Fajr 5 8 5 Safir-1B . 05.02.2019 F Sem LP-1 Dousti 1 ? (9) (6) Safir-1B . 29.08.2019 F% Sem LP-1 Nahid 1 ? Planned: x x Safir-1B . xx.xx.202x Sem LP-1 Tadbir x x Safir-1B . xx.xx.202x Sem LP-1 Sharif-Sat Launch sites: Sem = Semnan Satellite Launch Center, Semnan province, IranFailures: Flight 5: The launch date has not yet been confirmed Flight 6: On pad explosion, between 22.09.2012 and 25.10.2012 Flight 8: Flight 9: On pad explosion, unclear if happend during preparations or launch