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Simorgh | Unknown

Status: Failure  |  Launched: Jun 12, 2021 00:00 UTC

Failure reason: Failure was reported per US government sources, however the details were not made public.

Launch Provider & Rocket

Mission

According to U.S. Space Command, Iran suffered a rocket launch failure early on June 12th. While there are no details available as to which rocket was used, what the payload was or how exactly the launch had failed, OSINT efforts suggest that the launcher used was the Simorgh rocket. This makes it a fourth consecutive failure of the Simorgh launch vehicle.

  • Type: Government/Top Secret
  • Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Launch Site

  • Pad: Imam Khomeini Spaceport
  • Location: Semnan Space Center, Islamic Republic of Iran
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Launch data sourced automatically from the Launch Library 2 API. Last refreshed: 2026-08-22T17:00:54.526451+00:00.