Quote from: jcm on 01/16/2019 07:05 pmHere's my estimate of the trajectory assuming a 500 km apogee and a 55 deg inclinationThe Iranian Space Agency posted a tracking movie on https://www.instagram.com/p/BssEB3Wg_3E/Google translation from the text: "The astronomers of the Space Organization of Iran first planned and calculated for the use of optical equipment for satellite observation at a calculated time and place (elevation of 10 degrees and side 131 degrees)."There is also a long post about the data received https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsswh0jgx5n/
Here's my estimate of the trajectory assuming a 500 km apogee and a 55 deg inclination
I find it difficult to reconcile the 5 min in the above post with the idea of a stage 3 failure.The only sensible launch profile is for stage 2 to reach a 500 km apogee and it's hard to do that and reenter only5 min after launch.