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Launch Failure

Launch Details

Date: 27 July 2017, 09:30 am UTC

Rocket: Simorgh

Provider: Iranian Space Agency

Mission

Type: Test Flight

Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

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

Mission Description

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.