Sputniknews reports a launch.https://ria.ru/world/20170727/1499275541.html
Iran successfully tests Simorgh satellite carrierhttp://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2017/07/27/529852/Iran-successfully-tests-Simorgh-satellite-carrier
Fox News' Pentagon correspondent:Quote Lucas Tomlinson Verified account @LucasFoxNews 15m15 minutes agoBREAKING: US official confirms Iran launched rocket with satellite toward outer space at roughly 5:30 am et/2:00 pm local. Details unclearhttps://twitter.com/LucasFoxNews/status/890560573892681728
Lucas Tomlinson Verified account @LucasFoxNews 15m15 minutes agoBREAKING: US official confirms Iran launched rocket with satellite toward outer space at roughly 5:30 am et/2:00 pm local. Details unclear
I assume that Imam Khomeini Space Center is the site formerly known as Semnan.
I think that it means that the first launch was a failure
Breaking: According to USG source, #Iran's #Simorgh satellite launch vehicle experienced an "in-flight failure."
The above video does cut out abruptly, right after some clear TVC inputs. Coincidence?
Any ideas on the cause of the red colored plume coming out of the interstage section right at liftoff? Wouldn't that typically indicate N204? But coming from the interstage? I've never seen that on Soyuz or Proton.My guess is that N2O4 is a pressurizing gas for the S1/S2, & excess is being vented as the Simorgh's systems start flight?
According to news reports today, Pentagon Officials have declared this a catastrophic failure; nothing achieved orbit, so no TLEs were published by 18SPCS.http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/07/28/iran-rocket-suffered-catastrophic-failure-likely-blew-up-us-official-says.html
Quote from: EgorBotts on 07/28/2017 09:07 pmI know I'm slightly out of subject, but Ed Kyle can you indicate us why you do not count this launch attempt as an orbital attempt in spacelaunchreport? Now we know this was, with a high degree of certainty, a failure. But the iranian government clearly indicated it was an orbital launch. I would probably treat it like the rocket lab first shot, don't you think?Insufficient information. I disagree with the assertion that "the Iranian government clearly indicated ..." See up-thread discussion about how it was called an "orbital capable" launch vehicle, but no mention of a specific payload, etc, or even that it was a real orbital attempt. I'll add it later if better information is provided one day. Too much disinformation from both inside and outside Iran right now. If it was an orbital attempt, it failed as claimed by U.S. sources. If not, it may or may not have been a suborbital test failure. - Ed Kyle
I know I'm slightly out of subject, but Ed Kyle can you indicate us why you do not count this launch attempt as an orbital attempt in spacelaunchreport? Now we know this was, with a high degree of certainty, a failure. But the iranian government clearly indicated it was an orbital launch. I would probably treat it like the rocket lab first shot, don't you think?
And we believe Fox News reports because ........... ?
What is that orange smoke?.Are turbopumps in the upper part of the second stage?.
Quote from: josespeck on 07/29/2017 03:38 pmWhat is that orange smoke?.Are turbopumps in the upper part of the second stage?.This question has already been answered by SmallKing in a previous post on this thread.
Quote from: BabaORileyUSA on 07/28/2017 06:57 pmAccording to news reports today, Pentagon Officials have declared this a catastrophic failure; nothing achieved orbit, so no TLEs were published by 18SPCS.http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/07/28/iran-rocket-suffered-catastrophic-failure-likely-blew-up-us-official-says.htmlAnd we believe Fox News reports because ........... ?