16 ORBITAL LAUNCHES / RANK #9 / SINCE 2008

Rocket Launches from Iran

Iran has launched 16 orbital rockets since 2008, a 50% success rate and <1% of all orbital launches on record. That ranks Iran #9 among launch-pad nations.

LAUNCHES BY YEAR
2024 4
2023 2
2022 1
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2017 1
2009 1
2008 1
TOP OPERATORS
  1. 01 Iranian Space Agency 10
  2. 02 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force 6
All launches 16
TOP ROCKETS
  1. 01 Simorgh 29% / 7
  2. 02 Qaem 100 67% / 3
  3. 03 Qased 100% / 3
  4. 04 Safir 50% / 2
  5. 05 Safir 1B 0% / 1
All launches 50% / 16
RECENT LAUNCHES LIVE FEED
DEC 6 Fakhr-1 & Saman-1 Iranian Space Agency SUCCESS
SEP 14 Chamran-1 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force SUCCESS
JAN 28 Mahda, Keyhan-2 & Hatef-1 Iranian Space Agency SUCCESS
JAN 20 Soraya Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force SUCCESS
SEP 27 Noor-3 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force SUCCESS
MAR 4 Nahid-1 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force FAILURE
MAR 8 Noor-2 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force SUCCESS
DEC 30 3 unknown payloads Iranian Space Agency Although official reports by Iran call this a successful launch, no objects have been detected in orbit. The general consensus is that it was a failed orbital launch attempt. FAILURE
FREQUENTLY ASKED
01

How many rockets has Iran launched into orbit?

Iran has 16 orbital launches on record since 2008, with a 50% success rate.
02

Who launches rockets from Iran?

The leading operators are Iranian Space Agency (10), Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force (6).
03

What is the most-used rocket launched from Iran?

Simorgh has flown 7 times from Iran's launch pads in the tracked data.
DATA & SOURCES

Launch records are from LaunchLibrary2 and cover orbital launch attempts; suborbital and test flights are excluded. Iran is the launch pad's location, not operator nationality. Figures refresh as new launches are tracked. Full ranking: launches by country.