Noor 1

Launch data: Designation  45529 / 20024A Launch date  22 Apr 2020 - 03:59 UTC Launch site  Shahroud, LC-1 Launch vehicle  Qased Mission  Military: Imaging Earth orbit: Perigee / Apogee  426 x 444 km Eccentricity   Inclination  59.8° Period   min

Spacecraft data:

Description:

• Noor 1 (also Nour 1) is the first indigenous Iranian military satellite, operated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

Mission details:

• On Apr 22, 2020 Iran opened its military space program with the launch of a Qased rocket from Shahroud by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (Sepah-e Pasdaran-e Enghelab-e Eslami). Previous Iranian civilian launches were carried out by the Iranian Space Agency from Semnan using Safir and Simorgh rockets. The Qased uses a 1.25m dia Shahab-3-derived first stage (like the Safir) and appears to use a Salman solid motor as the second stage and an unknown small solid motor as a third, orbital insertion, stage.
• The Qased placed the Noor-1 satellite in a 426 x 444 km x 59.8 deg orbit. An illustration on the rocket fairing suggests that Noor-1 is a 6U cubesat, probably therefore in the 10 to 15 kg mass range.

External links:

• Satellite tracking (n2ya.com): Real time satellite tracking