July 27, 2017 (Persian calendar 1396/5/5)

Iran opened its first rocket launch site on Thursday with launching Simorgh carrier ماهواره بر سيمرغ which took Tolou satellite ماهواره طلوع to the orbit.
The National Imam Khomeini Space Center كانون فضايي امام خميني, the first rocket launch site of Iran with fixed launch pad, opened on Thursday with launching its domestically-manufactured Simorgh carrier, mission of which is to put Iranian satellite Tolou into the orbit.
The Imam Khomeini Complex is capable of all operations related to satellite carriers, including preparation, launch, control and steering.

The complex is reported to enjoy the latest technology of the world meeting the newest international standards of the field. The site has been designed and built by the experts of the defense ministry.

The finalized edition of the center will meet all the needs of Iran in operations at Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

Simorgh carrier ماهواره بر سيمرغ is designed to take satellites with the maximum weight of 250 kilograms into an orbit of 500 kilometers above the Earth’s surface.

The Simorgh rocket is 27 metres (89 ft) long, and has a launch mass of 87 tonnes (192,000 lb). Its first stage is powered by four main engines, each generating up to 29,000 kilograms-force (280 kN; 64,000 lbf) of thrust, plus a fifth engine used for attitude control, providing an additional 13,600 kgf (133 kN; 30,000 lbf).[6] At liftoff, these engines generate a total 130,000 kgf (1,300 kN; 290,000 lbf) of thrust.
Simorgh was designed to place a 350 kilogram (770 lb) payload into a 500 kilometre (310 mi) low Earth orbit. According to ISNA the engine could be used in future rockets capable of carrying 700 kilogram (1,500 lb) satellites into 1,000 kilometre (620 mi) orbits.

Iran has successfully launched its domestically-manufactured Simorgh carrier ماهواره بر سيمرغ, whose mission is to put Iranian satellites into the orbit.

The launch was carried out by Imam Khomeini Space Center كانون فضايي امام خميني.

The report added that Simorgh satellite carrier is able to put satellites weighing as much as 250 kilograms at an orbit about 500 kilometers above the Earth’s surface.

The report said Imam Khomeini Space Center is responsible for all operations related to satellite carriers, including preparation, launch, control and steering.

Iran's Imam Khomeini Space Center conforms to the latest international standards and after final phase of its development, the base will be able to meet all the country’s needs at Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

The launch signals official inauguration of Imam Khomeini Space Center.

In December last year, Iran’s minister of information and communications technology said the country was planning to send a new domestically-manufactured satellite into space by the past Iranian calendar year (ending on March 20, 2017).

Mahmoud Vaezi محمد واعضي added that Iran planned to send two more satellites into space by the end of the next Iranian calendar year (which ends on March 20, 2018).

The three satellites have been manufactured by young Iranian experts in research centers at the country’s universities, the minister said.

He also noted that Iran was about to sign a contract with a Russian company on the manufacture of a remote-sensing satellite.

Vaezi’s واعضي remarks came after head of the Iranian Space Agency (ISA) Mohsen Bahrami محمد بهرامي said in October 2016 that the country was planning to send three home-made satellites into space.

Speaking to reporters on the occasion of World Space Week, Bahrami said Sharif Sat شريف ست would be put into orbit by the end of the last Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2017).

He added that Amirkabir and Nahid I satellites ماهواره ناهيد يك would be put into space during the next Iranian calendar year, noting that the preparation process for domestically-manufactured Sadr satellite ماهواره صدر was also underway.

The ISA chief stated that Sharif Sat was a remote-sensing satellite and Nahid I was a communications satellites.

Simorgh:
Simurgh سيمرغ, is a benevolent, mythical bird in Iranian mythology and literature. It is sometimes equated with other mythological birds such as a "phoenix" ققنوس‎‎, Persian humā هما‎‎.

The figure can be found in all periods of Iranian art and literature and is also evident in the iconography of Georgia, medieval Armenia, the Byzantine Empire, and other regions that were within the realm of Persian cultural influence.

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