IronRain
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An Iranian Simorgh rocket launch carrying an Earth observation spacecraft faltered before reaching orbit Tuesday after analysts used imagery from commercial U.S. satellites in recent weeks to track preparations for the mission.
The rocket lifted off with Iran’s Payam-e Amirkabir imaging satellite before dawn Tuesday at the Imam Khomeini Spaceport, located in Semnan province in the north-central part of the country, according to video of the launch broadcast by Iran’s government-run Press TV television channel.
But Iran’s information and communications minister, Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi, announced on social media that the rocket failed to reach the speed needed to enter orbit around the Earth due to a failure in the launcher’s third stage. It was the first time Iran has admitted failure in an orbital launch attempt, despite suggestions from U.S. government officials and Western experts that past missions carrying satellites fell short of orbit.
Jahromi tweeted to confirm the launch failure at 0340 GMT Tuesday (10:40 p.m. EST Monday). It is believed the 89-foot-tall (27-meter) liquid-fueled Simorgh rocket took off from its launch pad at the Imam Khomeini Spaceport around 0030 GMT Tuesday (7:30 p.m. EST Monday).
Sources:
- https://spaceflightnewsapi.net
- https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/01/18/japans-epsilon-rocket-launches-seven-tech-demo-satellites/
The rocket lifted off with Iran’s Payam-e Amirkabir imaging satellite before dawn Tuesday at the Imam Khomeini Spaceport, located in Semnan province in the north-central part of the country, according to video of the launch broadcast by Iran’s government-run Press TV television channel.
But Iran’s information and communications minister, Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi, announced on social media that the rocket failed to reach the speed needed to enter orbit around the Earth due to a failure in the launcher’s third stage. It was the first time Iran has admitted failure in an orbital launch attempt, despite suggestions from U.S. government officials and Western experts that past missions carrying satellites fell short of orbit.
Jahromi tweeted to confirm the launch failure at 0340 GMT Tuesday (10:40 p.m. EST Monday). It is believed the 89-foot-tall (27-meter) liquid-fueled Simorgh rocket took off from its launch pad at the Imam Khomeini Spaceport around 0030 GMT Tuesday (7:30 p.m. EST Monday).
Sources:
- https://spaceflightnewsapi.net
- https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/01/18/japans-epsilon-rocket-launches-seven-tech-demo-satellites/
