Damghan
Facility · Iran
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Iranian launch center. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeni Space Launch Facility.
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Chronology
28 events
1998 July 22
Launch Complex: Damghan. LV Family: Nodong 1. Launch Vehicle: Shahab 3. FAILURE: Failure.- Test mission - . Nation: Iran. Apogee: 0 km (0 mi).
2002 May 5
Launch Complex: Damghan. LV Family: Nodong 1. Launch Vehicle: Shahab 3.- Test mission - . Nation: Iran. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).
2002 July 4
Launch Complex: Damghan. LV Family: Nodong 1. Launch Vehicle: Shahab 3.- Nation: Iran. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).
2003 June 1
Launch Complex: Damghan. LV Family: Nodong 1. Launch Vehicle: Shahab 3.- Shahab 3 Test Launch 6 - . Nation: Iran. Agency: Revolutionary Guards. Missile built by Shahid Hemmat IG.
2004 August 11
Launch Complex: Damghan. LV Family: Nodong 1. Launch Vehicle: Ghadr 1.- Nation: Iran. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). Missile demonstration flight. Stretched Shahab-3 launched into Dasht-E-Kavir desert..
2004 October 20
Launch Complex: Damghan. LV Family: Nodong 1. Launch Vehicle: Ghadr 1.- Nation: Iran. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). Missile demonstration flight. Stretched Shahab-3 launched into Dasht-E-Kavir desert..
2006 January 17
Launch Complex: Damghan. LV Family: Nodong 1. Launch Vehicle: Shahab 3.2006 May 22
Launch Complex: Damghan. LV Family: Nodong 1. Launch Vehicle: Ghadr 1.- Shahab 3D test - . Nation: Iran. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).
2006 Oct
Launch Complex: Damghan. LV Family: Kavoshgar. Launch Vehicle: Kavoshgar M5.- Kavoshgar-1 - .
Nation: Iran.
Agency: IRSA.
Apogee: 10 km (6 mi).
Iran's president tours new space launch facilities and a rocket is launched, the first in the Kavoshgar series of biology missions. Announced in February 2008; however the project web site indicates Aban 1385, which corresponds to between 2006 October 22 to November 20.
2006 November 2
Launch Complex: Damghan. LV Family: Nodong 1. Launch Vehicle: Ghadr 1.- Iranian multiple missile firings - .
Nation: Iran.
Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).
The Iranians fired at least one Shahab-3 and "dozens of" Shahab-2, Zolfaghar-73, Scud B, Fath-110 and Zelzal missiles in a mass firing demonstration to kick off their Great Prophet 2 military exercise. It marked the first firing of the Shahab 3 by troops on exercise as opposed to a test flight. The Shahab 2 was reported to have demonstrated a 1,400-bomblet cluster bomb warhead.
2006 December 1
Launch Complex: Damghan. LV Family: Nodong 1. Launch Vehicle: Ghadr 1.2008 July 8
03:30 GMT - . Launch Complex: Damghan. LV Family: Nodong 1. Launch Vehicle: Ghadr 1.- Nation: Iran. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).
2008 November 26
Launch Complex: Damghan. LV Family: Kavoshgar. Launch Vehicle: Nazeat 6H.- Kavoshgar-2 - . Nation: Iran. Agency: IRSA. Apogee: 40 km (24 mi). Second in Kavoshgar series of biology missions; Capsule B recovery test..
2009 September 27
Launch Complex: Damghan. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: Shahab 2.- Shahab RV - . Mass: 100 kg (220 lb). Nation: Iran. Operational test.
2009 September 27
Launch Complex: Damghan. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: Shahab 1.- Shahab RV - . Mass: 100 kg (220 lb). Nation: Iran. Operational test.
2010 February 3
Launch Complex: Damghan. LV Family: Kavoshgar. Launch Vehicle: Nazeat 6H.- Kavoshgar-3 - . Nation: Iran. Agency: IRSA. Apogee: 55 km (34 mi). Third in Kavoshgar series of biology missions; Capsule B recovery test with turtles and mice aboard..
2010 August 20
Launch Complex: Damghan. LV Family: R-17. Launch Vehicle: Qiam 1.- Shahab RV - . Nation: Iran. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). Test mission..
2011 March 15
Launch Complex: Damghan. LV Family: Fateh-110. Launch Vehicle: Kavoshgar K110.- Kavoshgar-4 - . Nation: Iran. Apogee: 135 km (83 mi). Fourth in Kavoshgar series of biology missions; Capsule C recovery test..
2011 June 28
Launch Site: Semnan. Launch Complex: Damghan. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: Shahab 1.- Shahab RV - . Nation: Iran. Operational test..
2011 June 28
Launch Site: Semnan. Launch Complex: Damghan. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: Shahab 2.- Shahab RV - . Nation: Iran. Operational test..
2011 June 28
Launch Site: Semnan. Launch Complex: Damghan. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: Shahab 2.- Shahab RV - . Nation: Iran. Operational test..
2011 June 28
Launch Site: Semnan. Launch Complex: Damghan. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: Shahab 2.- Shahab RV - . Nation: Iran. Operational test..
2011 June 28
Launch Site: Semnan. Launch Complex: Damghan. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: Shahab 1.- Shahab RV - . Nation: Iran. Operational test..
2011 September 7
Launch Site: Semnan. Launch Complex: Damghan. LV Family: Fateh-110. Launch Vehicle: Kavoshgar K110.- Kavoshgar-5 - . Nation: Iran. Apogee: 120 km (70 mi). Fifth in Kavoshgar series of biology missions; Capsule C recovery test; crashed on recover, monkey killed..
2012 July 3
Launch Site: Semnan. Launch Complex: Damghan. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: Shahab 2.- Shahab RV - . Nation: Iran. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). Exercise mission..
2012 July 3
Launch Site: Semnan. Launch Complex: Damghan. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: Shahab 1.- Shahab RV - . Nation: Iran. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). Exercise mission..
2012 September 8
Launch Complex: Damghan. LV Family: Fateh-110. Launch Vehicle: Kavoshgar K110.- Kavoshgar-6 - . Nation: Iran. Apogee: 120 km (70 mi). Sixth in Kavoshgar series of biology missions; Capsule C recovery test; crashed on recover, monkey killed..