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Simorgh (, Phoenix), also called Safir-2, is an Iranian expendable small-capacity orbital carrier rocket, which was originally scheduled to make its maiden flight in 2010. The project was unveiled by Iraninan President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on 3 February 2010, as part of celebrations of the first anniversary of the launch of Omid, the first indigenously-launched Iranian satellite.
The Simorgh rocket is long, and has a launch mass of . Its first stage is powered by four main engines, each generating up to of thrust, plus a fifth engine used for attitude control, providing an additional . At liftoff, these engines generate a total of thrust. Simorgh was designed to place a payload into a low Earth orbit. According to ISNA the engine could be used in future rockets capable of carrying satellites into orbits.
The first flight of the Simorgh rocket will carry Toloo (Sunrise), an experimental imaging satellite. Further launches are expected to carry Mesbah-2. and Autsat In November 2011, Iran announced that the first flight of Simorgh carrying the Toloo satellite would occur in 2012 from the new Semnan spaceport. Eventually Simorgh flew for the first time on April 19, 2016, for a suborbital test flight whose outcome has not been published. The Toloo satellite is now scheduled for launch in early 2017, according to Head of the Iranian Space Research Center Manouchehr Manteqi.
A simorgh or simurgh is a mythical flying creature of Persia.
Simorgh may also refer to:
- Simorq (car), a hybrid car designed and produced in Iran
- Simorgh (aircraft), a HESA-built two-seat Northrop F-5
- Simorgh (rocket), an Iranian expendable small-capacity orbital carrier rocket
- Samak, South Khorasan or Simorgh, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran