Iran’s Simorgh missile, officially known as a Space Launch Vehicle (SLV), represents a key element of Iran’s (growing) space and ballistic missile programs. The missile is named after the ...

Languages: English. Iran announced on Friday that it successfully launched a satellite into orbit using its Simorgh rocket, a development Western officials argue advances Tehran's ballistic ...

That's the site of Iran's civilian space program, which has suffered a series of failed Simorgh launches in the past.The Simorgh carried what Iran described as an “orbital propulsion system ...