2021 · Iranian Space Agency
Simorgh Launch
failure
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.
Overview
- Date / time
- June 12, 2021 at 12:00 AM UTC
- Outcome
- failure
- Launch site
- Imam Khomeini Spaceport
- Mission
- Classified
- Mission type
- Classified
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit
FailureFailure was reported per US government sources, however the details were not made public.