Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Iranian Space Agency
Provider type
Government
Orbit
LEO
Mission type
Test Flight
Launch site
Iran
Date
Thu, 27 Jul 2017 09:30:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#5661 ever
Failure
Failure due to a problem with the second stage, which failed after 20 seconds of powered flight (of planned 300 seconds).
Mission
First test flight of the Simorgh rocket, intended to reach orbit. Pentagon officials confirmed the launch occurred at around 9:30 UTC on Thursday and did not place a satellite in orbit.