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Flames In The Desert said:
Actually the biggest mistake was to take the space program away from the military and put it in the hands of civilians,this ultimately was an utter disaster and wasted probably over a decade.
You can thank rouhani for that one,a freebee for his bffs in the west.
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Nobody stopped the IRGC from having a military space program. They just don’t see the value in it. Dinosaurs from a different era or warfare.

Even now, IRGC capability difference has been that they can launch a microsat to LEO while ISA still struggles. So not a huge gap between them. Not like IRGC is on its way to lunar mission or anything.

Flames In The Desert said:
However I do agree that it seems somewhat pointless continuing to waste more time and effort with the simorgh,it would make more sense to use the more advanced 4d10 engine from the khorramshahr or far better yet to acquire the rd250 from the dprk.
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Look at Chabhar space port. Should have been done 10 years ago. They just started breaking ground.

They haven’t shown initiative to really want to seriously tackle the SLV issue.

Flames In The Desert said:
The other way would be a dual approach,continuing to gain further experience putting up improved minisats using the simorgh while developing in parallel a medium lift [5-7 tons leo] capability slv.
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Simorgh is failed design. That is why Sarir is being built. Sarir is Simorgh 2.0 - basically it is Simorgh with a fix for the 2nd stage that was too underpowered to reliably reach speeds needed for global insertion into the designated orbit.
 
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Loser mentality. Those people in attendance have a right to be exited and celebrate!!!
 
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first phase of Chabahar to be completed by February 2025, and first launch by March 2025

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The first phase enables SSO/GEO launches, but solid fuel launches will not be available until the third phase. Final completion date is scheduled for 2031.
 
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first phase of Chabahar to be completed by February 2025, and first launch by March 2025

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The first phase enables SSO/GEO launches, but solid fuel launches will not be available until the third phase. Final completion date is scheduled for 2031.
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Baaa---leeeh!
 
Overview of Chabahar Space Base construction phases:
  • Phase 1 (current phase): Construction of the necessary infrastructure to conduct launches of solid-propellant SLVs. Iran plans to have the first phase ready for operations in 1403 (March 2024-March 2025), including completion of an assembly building and launch pad. With the completion of the first phase, Iran plans to launch satellites using solid-propellant SLVs to SSO. These launches probably will include the AIO’s Zoljanah SLV and possibly the IRGC’s Ghaem family SLVs. For example, in 2021, then ISA director Morteza Barari claimed that Iran planned to launch the “Pars Plus” remote sensing satellite from Chabahar using the Zoljanah SLV.
  • Phase 2: Construction of facilities to support launches of liquid-propellant SLVs.
  • Phase 3: Construction of facilities to support launches of “super-heavy” liquid-propellant SLVs.
In 2020, ISA director Morteza Barari stated that Iran planned to launch the yet-to-be-developed Sarir and Soroush liquid-propellant SLVs from Chabahar. Judging from their reported design characteristics, the Sarir SLV might be part of phase 2 and the larger Soroush-1 and Soroush-2 SLVs—the latter of which will reportedly use cryogenic liquid propellants—might be part of phase 3.

In May 2023, deputy defense minister Sayyed Mehdi Farahi stated that, with the order of President Raisi and the support of the Communications Ministry, the Chabahar base was being operationalized with the three-way support of the Defense Ministry, the IRGC Aerospace Force, and the Communications Ministry. (This would suggest that the IRGC will also launch its SLVs from the site, in addition to the Defense Ministry’s SLVs.)

In February 2024, Salarieh stated that construction work for the first phase of the launch pad had begun, and that Iran would conduct launches to SSO using solid-propellant SLVs from the base in 1403 (March 2024-March 2025). Salarieh showed a graphic (see below) that stated: “Mehr 1402 [September/October 2023]: Implementation of phase 1 construction operations, launch pad and assembly hangar and start of phase two of national base for space launches.”

Additionally, construction activity was identified to the northeast (25.167273 61.287770), connected by road to the assessed assembly building and launch pad; the construction of this site, starting in approximately October 2023, would be roughly consistent with the Iranian claim that phase 2 construction had begun in September/October 2023.

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Once complete, Chabahar Space Base will be the largest satellite launch base in western Asia.

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Zoljanah and Qaem-100/105 launches from 2025, and Sarir from phase 2 (already started, so probably no later than 2026-27) and Soroush from 2031
 
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