3 unknown payloads

Launch Failure

Launch Details

Date: 30 Dec 2021, 03:30 am UTC

Rocket: Simorgh

Provider: Iranian Space Agency

Mission

Type: Unknown

Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Pad: Imam Khomeini Spaceport, Semnan Space Center, Islamic Republic of Iran

Mission Description

Three unknown research payloads are reported to have been sent into space, according to the Iranian Ministry of Defense. However, no new objects are being tracked in the orbit after this launch attempt so it is considered a failure despite Iran's reports of success.