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{{Short description|Failed-to-launch Iranian Earth observation satellite}}
{{Infobox spaceflight
| name                  = Nahid-1
| image                 =  Nahid-1 satellite 2019-08-31 08.jpg
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| mission_type          = [[Communications satellite|Communication]]
| operator              = [[Iranian Space Agency]]
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| manufacturer          = [[Iranian Space Agency]] 
| dry_mass              = 
| launch_mass           = 
| power                 = [[Solar power|Solar]]
| launch_date           = 4 March 2023<ref name="UN-Israel-Qaem">{{Cite web  |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4010031/files/S_2023_302-EN.pdf?ln=en |title=Identical letters dated 28 April 2023 from the Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council |access-date=15 October 2023}}</ref>
| launch_rocket         = [[Qaem 100]]  
| launch_site           = [[Shahroud Space Center]] 
| launch_contractor     = [[IRGC]]
| disposal_type         = launch vehicle failure
| deactivated           =
| destroyed             = {{end-date|4 March 2023}}
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| orbit_reference       = [[Geocentric orbit|Geocentric]]
| orbit_regime          = [[Low Earth orbit|Low Earth]]
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'''Nahid-1''' ({{langx|fa|ناهید}}, meaning "Venus") was an Iranian solar-powered [[communications satellite]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/9847615/Mahmoud-Ahmadinejad-wants-to-be-first-Iranian-in-space.html|title=telegraph - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 'wants to be first Iranian in space|last=|first=|date=4 February 2013|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jpost.com/Iranian-Threat/News/Iran-announces-construction-of-new-space-center|title=Iran announces construction of new space center|last=|first=|date=4 October 2012|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref>

==Satellite==
It was originally planned to launch into [[low Earth orbit]] in September 2019<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2019/08/18/images-show-iran-satellite-launch-looms-despite-us-criticism/ |title=Images show Iran satellite launch looms despite US criticism |work=[[Sightline Media Group|Military Times]] |date=18 August 2019 |accessdate=28 August 2019}}</ref> on a [[Safir (rocket)|Safir]] rocket,<ref name=":0" /> however an explosion occurred on the launch pad during launch preparation on 29 August 2019,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/08/29/755406765/iranian-rocket-launch-ends-in-failure-images-show?t=1567107739452|title = Iranian Rocket Launch Ends in Failure, Imagery Shows|website = NPR|date = 29 August 2019|last1 = Brumfiel|first1 = Geoff}}</ref> though the satellite itself was apparently not part of the test and remained undamaged.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/ab9a3c287e054a7b9b4734938d1ae587|title=Mysterious Iran rocket blast draws Trump tweet, Tehran taunt|last=Gambrell|first=Jon|date=2019-08-31|website=AP NEWS|access-date=2019-08-31}}</ref> It was ultimately launched on board a [[Qaem 100]] on 4 March 2023 as part of the rocket's maiden flight, however the launch failed and the satellite was destroyed together with the rocket.<ref name="UN-Israel-Qaem"/><ref>{{Cite web  |url=https://twitter.com/projectmeshkat/status/1696221535332184088 |title=Qaim-100 satellite carrier has failed. |access-date=15 October 2023}}</ref>

Nahid-1 was built with the aim of gaining know-how and experience in the development of [[Geosynchronous satellite|geosynchronous]] communication satellites. It was the first Iranian satellite equipped with deployable [[Solar panels on spacecraft|solar panels]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=چهار ماهواره ایرانی در صف پرتاب |url=https://www.irna.ir/news/84565068/%DA%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B5%D9%81-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8 |access-date=2022-12-03 |website=www.irna.ir}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Omid]]
* [[Kavoshgar 1 (rocket)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/nahid-1.htm Nahid 1] at Gunter's Space Page

{{Iranian space program}}
{{Orbital launches in 2023}}

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