Omīd, first satellite orbited by Iran. Omīd (Farsi for “hope”) was launched on February 2, 2009, by a Safīr rocket from a site near Semnan. Omīd was a cube 40 cm (16 inches) on a side and had a mass of 27 kg (60 pounds). Its orbit had a perigee of 245 km (152 miles) and an apogee of 378 km (235 miles). It carried a GPS receiver and a radio transmitter. The satellite reentered Earth’s atmosphere on April 25, 2009.