Zuljanah (rocket)

Zuljanah (), also spelled Zoljanah (and with a host of other spellings appearing sporadically), is an Iranian Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV),Iran completes satellite-carrying rocket launch aljazeera.com, Retrieved 24 February 2021Zuljanah Satellite Carrier mashreghnews.ir, Retrieved 24 February 2021Iran successfully launches Zuljanah Satellite Carrier irna.ir, Retrieved 24 February 2021 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.Zol-Janah maiden launch Zuljanah is able to carry satellites weighing up to 220kg into an orbit 500 kilometers above the Earth.Iran Unveils Zuljanah Satellite Carrier kayhan.ir, Retrieved 24 February 2021Iran announces 'successful' launch of a 'hybrid' satellite carrier bbc.com, Retrieved 24 February 2021Satellite research launch on Zuljanah combination mehrnews.com, Retrieved 24 February 2021

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" (). This SLV is considered to be the first indigenously designed and manufactured "hybrid" fuel satellite launch vehicle (solid/liquid fuel).Zuljanah Satellite Carrier, a cover for achieving ballistic missile technology? independentpersian.com, Retrieved 24 February 2021The research launch of the "Zuljanah Satellite Carrier" was launched by the Ministry of Defense + video yjc.ir, Retrieved 24 February 2021Iran says it has launched "Zuljanah Satellite Carrier" into space radiofarda.com, Retrieved 24 February 2021 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 (725 kN; 163,000 lbf) 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 First sub-orbital test flight 2 26 June 2022 Unknown Second sub-orbital test flight 3 18 September 202515:00 Unknown Possibly first orbital launch attempt or third sub-orbital test flight

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Zuljanah (rocket)

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