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🇮🇷Iran Launch History

Every orbital and deep-space launch attempt attributed to Iran, year by year, drawn from the GCAT launch catalog. Country is the launching state of the pad.

Data current as of 2026-07-20.

Iran made 21 orbital and deep-space launch attempts between 2008 and 2025. Of those, 11 succeeded and 10 failed. The success rate comes to 52 percent. The busiest year was 2024, with 4 launches. The most recent launch in the catalog was in 2025. Launches took place from 2 sites.

21
Launch attempts
11
Successes
10
Failures
52%
Success rate

Launches per year

1 2 3 4 2008: 1 launch (0 successes, 1 failure) 2009: 1 launch (1 success, 0 failures) 2010: 0 launches (0 successes, 0 failures) 2011: 1 launch (1 success, 0 failures) 2012: 3 launches (1 success, 2 failures) 2013: 0 launches (0 successes, 0 failures) 2014: 0 launches (0 successes, 0 failures) 2015: 1 launch (1 success, 0 failures) 2016: 0 launches (0 successes, 0 failures) 2017: 0 launches (0 successes, 0 failures) 2018: 0 launches (0 successes, 0 failures) 2019: 2 launches (0 successes, 2 failures) 2020: 2 launches (1 success, 1 failure) 2021: 2 launches (0 successes, 2 failures) 2022: 1 launch (1 success, 0 failures) 2023: 2 launches (1 success, 1 failure) 2024: 4 launches (4 successes, 0 failures) 2025: 1 launch (0 successes, 1 failure) 2008 2013 2018 2023
Successes Failures Each bar links to that year's full chronology.

Year by year

Year Attempts Successes Failures Success rate
2025 1 0 1 0%
2024 4 4 0 100%
2023 2 1 1 50%
2022 1 1 0 100%
2021 2 0 2 0%
2020 2 1 1 50%
2019 2 0 2 0%
2015 1 1 0 100%
2012 3 1 2 33%
2011 1 1 0 100%
2009 1 1 0 100%
2008 1 0 1 0%

Launch sites

Counts for each GCAT launch site attributed to Iran.

Site code Site Launches Successes Failures First year Last year
SEM Semnan Launch Center 15 6 9 2008 2025
SHAHR Shahroud launch site 6 5 1 2020 2024

Recent launches

The most recent launches attributed to Iran, newest first.

Date Designator Payloads Vehicle Site / Pad Outcome
Sep 18, 2025 2025-F08 Zoljanah test payload Zoljanah SEM Failure
Dec 6, 2024 2024-236 8 TQS.C001 : Simorgh satellite, Fakhr-1, Saman-1 Simorgh SEM / IKSC Success
Sep 14, 2024 2024-165 OM-B2 : Chamran-1 Qaem-100 SHAHR / SHAHR - Success
Jan 28, 2024 2024-018 7 DRS.C001 : Hatef 1, Kaihan 2, Mehda Simorgh SEM / IKSC Success
Jan 20, 2024 2024-015 FTM-B2 : Suraya Qaem-100 SHAHR / SHAHR - Success
Sep 27, 2023 2023-150 Noor 3 Qased SHAHR / LP1 Success
Mar 4, 2023 2023-F10 Nahid 1 Qaem-100 SHAHR / SHAHR - Failure
Mar 8, 2022 2022-024 OM-C2 : Noor 2 Qased SHAHR / LP1 Success
Dec 30, 2021 2021-F11 6 UKS.C001 : Test Payloads Simorgh SEM / IKSC Failure
Jun 12, 2021 2021-F03 5 : Tolou-2 Simorgh SEM / IKSC Failure
Apr 22, 2020 2020-024 FTM-C2 : Noor 1 Qased SHAHR / LP1 Success
Feb 9, 2020 2020-F01 4 MRS.C001 : Zafar Simorgh SEM / IKSC Failure
Feb 5, 2019 2019-F02 Dousti Safir SEM / SAF Failure
Jan 15, 2019 2019-F01 3 : Payam Simorgh SEM / IKSC Failure
Feb 2, 2015 2015-006 LBS.2001 : Fajr Safir SEM / SAF Success
Sep 22, 2012 2012-F03 Fajr Safir SEM / SAF Failure
May 23, 2012 2012-F02 Fajr Safir SEM / SAF Failure
Feb 3, 2012 2012-005 ERS.2002 : Navid Safir SEM / SAF Success
Jun 15, 2011 2011-025 UIS.0001 : Rasad Safir SEM / SAF Success
Feb 2, 2009 2009-004 GBS.0092 : Omid Safir SEM / SAF Success
Aug 16, 2008 2008-F02 OES.0001 : IRSA Test Payload Safir SEM / SAF Failure
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