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.
Overview
Date / time
July 27, 2017 at 09:30 AM UTC
Outcome
failure
Launch site
Imam Khomeini Spaceport
Mission
Classified
Mission type
Classified
Orbit achieved
Low Earth Orbit
FailureFailure due to a problem with the second stage, which failed after 20 seconds of powered flight (of planned 300 seconds).