High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Safir (Meaning Messenger or Ambassador in Persian) is the name of the first Iranian expendable launch vehicle that is able to place a satellite in orbit. The first successful orbital launch using the Safir launch system took place February 2, 2009 when a Safir 2 carrier rocket placed the Omid satellite into an orbit with a 245.2 km (152.4 mi) apogee. A sub-orbital test flight, named Kavoshgar-1 was conducted on February 4, 2008, as announced by state-run television. A launch on February 25, 2007, may also have been of the same type. The first flights carried instruments to measure the higher atmosphere.

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