Some details about the appearance of the Semnan launch
pad
(especially with regard to the carried out launch activities)
Launcher
|
Type-No.
|
Date
|
Intern. Design
|
Spacecraft
|
Safir-0
|
HUS.0001
|
04.02.2008
|
failure
|
unknown (no Omid)
|
Safir-1
|
OES.0001
|
16.08.2008
|
failure
|
Omid (1)
|
GBS.0092 |
03.02.2009
|
2009-04
|
Omid (2)
|
Safir-1A
|
UIS.0001
|
15.06.2011
|
2011-25
|
Rasad
|
Safir-1B
|
ERS.2002
|
03.02.2012 |
2012-05
|
Navid |
Safir-1B+
|
|
23.05.2012 |
failure
|
Fajr-1 |
Kavoshgar-Shahab-3
?
|
|
xx.09.2012 |
fire on pad
|
Kavoshgar ? |
Safir-1B+
|
|
xx.02.2013 |
failure
|
Fajr-2 |
Kavoshgar-Shahab-1
|
|
14.12.2013 |
suborbital
|
Pazhuhesh |
Safir-1B+ |
LBS.2001 |
02.02.2015 |
2015-06
|
Fajr-3 |
|
05.02.2019 |
failure
|
Doosti |
|
29.08.2019 |
prelaunch explosion
|
Nahid-1 #1 |
It has been announced that the
Safir-1 IRILV era has ended. The launch pad in Semnan will not be repaired.
The photo from January 26, 2020 shows that so far only the destroyed
rocket has been removed after the explosion in August 2019.
|
|
04.02.2008
(unknown satellite) |
|
Safir-0 with large white fins
Launch tower still without hydraulic erector
|
16.08.2008
(Omid) |
|
|
Safir-1 with short blue fins
|
03.02.2009 (Omid) |
|
|
|
|
15.06.2011
(Rasad) |
|
Concrete slab is sprinkled with green and blue granules
|
After the launch
|
|
03.02.2012
(Navid) |
|
|
23.05.2012
(Fajr-1) |
|
|
Note an article published on
the September 19 issue of Jane's Defence Weekly, written by Nick Hansen.
"Iran covered up a failed satellite launch earlier this year, IHS Jane's can
reveal. Iranian officials announced that the Safir-1B would be launched on
23 May, but subsequently announced that it had been delayed for up to 10 months.
Contrary to these statements, DigitalGlobe satellite imagery of Iran's SLV
pad on different dates shows that a launch occurred around that time. The
pad was clean on 18 May, but imagery from 21 June indicates that a launch
took place between those dates. There is a V-shaped blast scar on the pad
that is identical to those seen after the three previous Safir launches." |
xx.09.2012
(Shahab-3/Kavoshgar) |
|
22.09.2012
|
25.10.2012
|
The latest issue of the Jane's
Defense Weekly (November 21 issue) reports that Iran has tried a third
orbital launch attempt of the year with a Safir rocket sometime between September
22 and October 25, but apparently the result was even worse than the last
one: it exploded (?) on the launch pad and severely damage the launch facilities.
Photos taken by DigitalGlobe on October 25 shows a damaged umbilical tower,
scars on the ground of the pad and a discarded rocket transporter. On the
left side we can see the preparations for the launch.
Note:
Possibly this disaster should be the launch of a Shahab-3. It was announced
for October. We can see the preparations for the launch. But it is not a Safir
launcher to see, probably is it a shorter Shahab-3
on TEL, for test a human capsule. |
xx.02.2013
(Fajr-2) |
|
07.02.2013
|
Nick Hansen, Stanford -
IHS Jane's Defence Weekly, stated on 21 March 2013:
Iran's space programme continues to struggle after a series of setbacks in
2012, with a rocket launch scheduled for 17 or 18 February being ending in
failure.
Significant activity can be seen at launch pad in DigitalGlobe imagery on
07 February 2013. |
14.12.2013
(Shahab-1/Kavoshgar) |
|
|
02.02.2015
(Fajr-3) |
|
|
2017 |