Zuljanah (rocket)

Zuljanah Satellite Launch Vehicle
Zuljanah Satellite Launch Vehicle
ManufacturerMinistry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (Iran)
Country of origin Iran
Size
Height25.5 meters
Diameter1.5 meters
Mass52 tons
Stages3 (1st & 2nd Solid; 3rd Liquid)
Capacity
Payload to low Earth orbit
Mass220 kg (490 lb)
Launch history
StatusUnder Development
Launch sitesSemnan Space Center
Total launches0 (+2 suborbital)
Success(es)0 (+2 suborbital)
Failure(s)0
First stage
Powered by1 × unnamed solid fuel engine
Maximum thrust725 kN (163,000 lbf)
Propellantsolid
Second stage
Powered by1 × unnamed solid fuel engine
Maximum thrust725 kN (163,000 lbf)
Propellantsolid
Third stage
Powered by2 × R-27 Zyb vernier engines
Maximum thrust35 kN (7,900 lbf)
PropellantN2O4 / UDMH

Zuljanah (Persian: ماهواره‌بر ذوالجناح), also spelled Zoljanah (and with a host of other spellings appearing sporadically), is an Iranian Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV), made by the Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (Iran), which was unveiled on 1 February 2021, and was launched (at an unknown time before 1 February 2021, possibly 31 January 2021) into sub-orbital flight (apogee 500km) for testing and telemetry purposes. Zuljanah is able to carry satellites weighing up to 220kg into an orbit 500 kilometers above the Earth.

According to Seyed Ahmad Husseini, the space spokesman of the Ministry of Defense : The Zuljanah SLV is part of a larger project called "Hazrat Fatemeh Al-Zahra" (Persian: حضرت فاطمه الزهراء). This SLV is considered to be the first indigenously designed and manufactured hybrid fuel satellite launch vehicle (solid/liquid fuel). As of June 2022, two more test flights are planned.

Design

Zuljanah measures 25.5 meters (84ft) in length, and has a mass of 52 tons (115,000lbs). The first and second stages utilize an identical 1.5m diameter solid-fuel engine with 74 tons (725kN; 163,000lbf) of thrust and a Safir type 1.25m diameter liquid-fuel (UDMH /N2O4) engine with a thrust of 3.5 tons (35 kN; 7,800 lbf) as a third stage. Zuljanah is capable of carrying a single satellite weighing up to 220kg or a constellation of ten smaller 20kg cubesats to Low-Earth Orbit.

Zuljanah is the third civilian Satellite Launch Vehicle made in Iran, after the Safir and Simorgh. It is road mobile, requires very little fueling time, and can be launched by Transporter-Erector Launchers (TELs), raising alarms from US and EU European defense analysts about its possible covert nature as Iran's first IRBM.

Launch History

Flight No. Date & Time (UTC) Payload Outcome Remarks
1 31 January 2021 Unknown; may be boilerplate Success First sub-orbital test flight
2 26 June 2022 Unknown Success Second sub-orbital test flight

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See also

Other Iranian satellite launch vehicles


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