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Iran Launches

7,332 orbital launches since 1957

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7,332
Total launches
149
This year
92.8%
Success rate
159
Crewed
1957
Since

Orbital Radar lists 22 orbital launches by Iran, part of 7,332 orbital launches catalogued since 1957. Every entry links to the rocket, the operator and the satellites it deployed.

2020s 2010s SpaceX Falcon 9 Soyuz Failures Cape Canaveral ⬡ Crewed only

Featured & milestone launches

22 launches
DateMissionVehicleOperatorLaunch sitePayloadsOrbitOutcome
2025-09-18Test?2025-F08ZoljanahIRGCSemnan—LEOfailure
2024-12-06Sahman-12024-236SimorghIRSASemnan—LEOsuccess
2024-09-14Chamran-12024-165Qaem-100IRGCShahroud2 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
2024-01-28Mehda2024-018SimorghIRSASemnan6 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
2024-01-20Suraya2024-015Qaem-100IRGCShahroud2 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
2023-09-27Noor 32023-150QasedIRGCShahroud—LEOsuccess
2023-03-04Nahid-12023-F10Qaem-100IRGCShahroud—LEOfailure
2022-03-08Noor 22022-024QasedIRGCShahroud—LEOsuccess
2021-12-30Test satellites2021-F11SimorghIRSASemnan—LEOfailure
2021-06-12Tolou-2?2021-F03SimorghIRSASemnan—LEOfailure
2020-04-22Noor 12020-024QasedIRGCShahroud—LEOsuccess
2020-02-09Zafar2020-F01SimorghIRSASemnan—LEOfailure
2019-08-29Safir 2019-E012019-E01SafirIRSASemnan—LEOfailure
2019-02-05Dousti2019-F02SafirIRSASemnan—LEOfailure
2019-01-15Payam2019-F01SimorghIRSASemnan—LEOfailure
2015-02-02Fajr2015-006SafirIRSASemnan—LEOsuccess
2012-09-22Fajr2012-F03SafirIRSASemnan—LEOfailure
2012-05-23Fajr2012-F02SafirIRSASemnan—LEOfailure
2012-02-03Navid2012-005SafirIRSASemnan—LEOsuccess
2011-06-15Rasad ?2011-025SafirIRSASemnan—LEOsuccess
2009-02-02Omid/Safir-22009-004SafirIRSASemnan—LEOsuccess
2008-08-16Omid?2008-F02SafirIRSASemnan—LEOfailure

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About this database

Every orbital launch since 1957 — 7,332 in total, 159 of them crewed — cross-linked to the rockets, operators and satellites involved. The historical record is built on GCAT and enriched with Launch Library 2, then matched to our live satellite catalogue.

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By year

2026 1492025 3302024 2632023 2232022 1862021 1462020 1142019 103

By vehicle

Soyuz 1,177Falcon 9 653Long March 653Kosmos 622Atlas 436Proton 425Thor 331Molniya 320

By operator

Soviet Rocket Forces 1,537Soviet Space Forces 905SpaceX 682CASC 644NASA 462Arianespace 305US Air Force 277Russian Aerospace Forces 272

By outcome / site

Successful 6,805Failed 525Unconfirmed 2Plesetsk Cosmodrome 1,644Baikonur Cosmodrome 1,558Cape Canaveral 1,093
Full launch index (22 launches)
Test? (2025-09-18)Sahman-1 (2024-12-06)Chamran-1 (2024-09-14)Mehda (2024-01-28)Suraya (2024-01-20)Noor 3 (2023-09-27)Nahid-1 (2023-03-04)Noor 2 (2022-03-08)Test satellites (2021-12-30)Tolou-2? (2021-06-12)Noor 1 (2020-04-22)Zafar (2020-02-09)Safir 2019-E01 (2019-08-29)Dousti (2019-02-05)Payam (2019-01-15)Fajr (2015-02-02)Fajr (2012-09-22)Fajr (2012-05-23)Navid (2012-02-03)Rasad ? (2011-06-15)Omid/Safir-2 (2009-02-02)Omid? (2008-08-16)

Last updated 2026-06-21 · Data: GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org) · Launch Library 2 / The Space Devs — enriched & cross-linked by Orbital Radar.