blackshire
10-10-2010, 05:51 PM
Hello All,
This Wikipedia article (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kavoshgar-1 ) on Iran's Safir series of sounding rockets and SLVs (Satellite Launch Vehicles) contains several photographs of these rockets as well as several links to more material on them. The Safir-2 SLV, which orbited Iran's Omid satellite on 2 February 2009, had small fins on its first stage, so a scale model of the Safir-2 would be stable with sufficient nose ballast.
Also, the service tower for the Safir-2 has artfully-designed retractable work platforms (including the clamshell-type "white room" that encloses the payload fairing and satellite). Their designs would make for interesting NAR Super Scale contest entries (which include working scale launchers to accompany their scale rockets). Being the product of a culture in which minarets are common examples of architecture, the service tower's appearance suggests that its designer or design team may have been inspired by the aesthetics of minarets (particularly their upper galleries).
I hope this material will be helpful.
This Wikipedia article (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kavoshgar-1 ) on Iran's Safir series of sounding rockets and SLVs (Satellite Launch Vehicles) contains several photographs of these rockets as well as several links to more material on them. The Safir-2 SLV, which orbited Iran's Omid satellite on 2 February 2009, had small fins on its first stage, so a scale model of the Safir-2 would be stable with sufficient nose ballast.
Also, the service tower for the Safir-2 has artfully-designed retractable work platforms (including the clamshell-type "white room" that encloses the payload fairing and satellite). Their designs would make for interesting NAR Super Scale contest entries (which include working scale launchers to accompany their scale rockets). Being the product of a culture in which minarets are common examples of architecture, the service tower's appearance suggests that its designer or design team may have been inspired by the aesthetics of minarets (particularly their upper galleries).
I hope this material will be helpful.