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Imam Khomeini Space Launch Terminal(افتتاح پایگاه ملی فضایی امام خمینی (ره) در کویر استان سمنان
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Iman Khomeini Space Launch Center
Persian
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* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
:) is an Iranian space vehicle
A space vehicle is the combination of a spacecraft and its launch vehicle which carries it into space. The earliest space vehicles were expendable launch systems, using a single or multistage rocket to carry a relatively small spacecraft in p ...
launch facility, consisting of the service tower and launch pad used to launch the Simorgh
Simurgh (; fa, سیمرغ, also spelled ''simorgh, simorg'', ''simurg'', ''simoorg, simorq'' or ''simourv'') is a benevolent, mythical bird in Persian mythology and literature. It is sometimes equated with other mythological birds such as the ...
launch vehicle
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. it is a part of the Semnan Space Center
Semnan Space Center (Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian l ...
located south-east of the provincial capital of Semnan in Semnan Province./ref>
Launch history
See also
*Iranian Space Agency
The Iranian Space Agency (ISA, Persian: ''Sāzmān-e Fazāi-ye Irān'') is Iran's governmental space agency.
Iran became an orbital-launch-capable nation in 2009. Iran is one of the 24 founding members of the United Nations Committee on th ...
*Semnan Space Center
Semnan Space Center (Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian l ...
*Simorgh (rocket)
Simorgh ( fa, ماهوارهبر سیمرغ, '' Phoenix''), also called Safir-2, is an Iranian expendable launch vehicle under development. It is the successor of the Safir, Iran's first space launch vehicle. Its mission is to carry heavier sa ...
References
External links
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(2017)
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