Zuljanah: Irans Solid-fuelled Rocket

Zuljanah is a 25.5-meter-long, Iranian Satellite Launch Vehicle.

It is capable of carrying a payload or satellite of 220 kilogram, into the orbit situated at 500 kilometres above the Earth.

This satellite will gather data in low-earth orbit as well as promote Irans space .

This rocket has been named for Imam Husseins horse, who was the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.

It is the first indigenously designed and indigenously manufactured hybrid fuel satellite launch vehicle.

It is the third civilian Satellite Launch Vehicle, developed in Iran, after Safir and Simorgh.This road mobile needs very little fuelling time.

It can be launched by Transporter-Erector Launchers (TELs).