Payam-e Amirkabir (AUTSAT 1, Amir-Kabir 1)

Launch data: Designation  F01532 / 19F01 Launch date  15 Jan 2019 - 00:30 UT Launch site  Khomeini SC, LP-2 Launch vehicle  Simorgh Mission  Communication, Imaging Earth orbit: Perigee / Apogee  -2600? x 500? km Inclination  55.0° Decay  15 Jan 2019

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Mission details:

• On Jan 15, 2019 Iran launched a three-stage Simorgh from Khomeini Space Centre. The third stage failed to operate correctly and the 100-kg-class satellite payload, "Payam", failed to reach orbit. Planned orbit was 500 x 500 km x 55 deg. If the third stage did not fire at all, the payload probably fell in the Indian Ocean, possibly about 1000 km west of the Cocos Is.

External links:

• Spacewatch global: US Warns of consequences