Rasad 1

Rasad-1 (, meaning Observation) was an Iranian satellite which was launched in 2011.

Satellite
The third Iranian satellite, and the second to be launched successfully using an indigenous rocket, Rasad-1 was Iran's first imaging satellite. Launched aboard a Safir-B carrier rocket, it was successfully placed into a low Earth orbit at an altitude of 236 by, inclined at 55.7 degrees. It made approximately fifteen orbits per day.

Rasad-1 was launched on the maiden flight of the Safir-B rocket, designated Safir-B1, from a launch site in Semnan Province, Iran. The launch occurred at approximately 09:14 UTC on 15 June 2011 with the spacecraft reaching orbit several minutes later.

The satellite had a mass of 15.3 kg and returned images with a resolution of 150 m. It was equipped with solar panels to generate power. The satellite decayed from orbit three weeks after launch, on 6 July 2011.