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Iranian Space Agency

March 29, 2023

The Iranian Space Agency (ISA, Persian: سازمان فضایی ایران Sāzmān-e Fazāi-ye Irān) is Iran's governmental space agency. Iran became an orbital-launch-capable nation in 2009.[2] Iran is one of the 24 founding members of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), which was set up on 13 December 1958.[citation needed]

Iranian Space Agency
(ISA)
Official logo of ISA
Agency overview
AbbreviationISA
Formed1 February 2004; 19 years ago (2004-02-01)
TypeSpace agency
HeadquartersTehran, Mahdasht, Shahrud, Qom
AdministratorHassan Salarieh
Primary spaceportImam Khomeini Spaceport
OwnerMinistry of Communications and Information Technology, Iran
Annual budget$4.6 million (FY 2017)[1]
Websitewww.isa.ir

History

ISA was established on 28 February 2004, according to the Article 9 of the Law for Tasks and Authorizations of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology passed on 10 December 2003 by the Parliament of Iran. Based on the approved statute, ISA is mandated to cover and support all the activities in Iran concerning the peaceful applications of space science and technology under the leadership of a Supreme Council of Space chaired by the President of Iran.

The council's main goals included policy making for the application of space technologies aiming peaceful uses of outer space, manufacturing, launching and use of the national research satellites, approving the space related state and private sector programs, promoting the partnership of the private and cooperative sectors in efficient uses of space, identifying guidelines concerning the regional and international cooperation in space issues.

To follow and implement the strategies set by the council, ISA affiliated with the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology in the form of an autonomous organization, was organized. The president of ISA held the position of the Vice-Minister of Communications and Information Technology and the secretariat of Supreme Council of Space at the same time.[3]

In 2015, Iran's space program was quietly suspended by President Rouhani following international pressures.[4] It has then been reinvigorated by President Raisi in 2021.[5]

Budget

See also: Politics of Iran § Budget

The proposed budget for the Iranian year 1393 (2014–2015) was 1,865,583 million rials (US$71,753,192). Other related organizations have received separate budget allocations. Iranian Space Research Center has received an additional 1,751,000 million rials (US$67,346,100) of budget for the year 1393.[6]

The budget for the year 2008 was mentioned to be US$3.9 billion (2008).[7] However it was not apparent whether the allocation was just for one year or a longer period.

Under president Hassan Rouhani, the proposed 2017-budget for the Iranian Space Agency fell to a low of US$4.6 million.[8]

Satellite launch vehicle (SLV)

 
Noor satellite launch

Safir SLV

Main article: Safir (rocket)

Iran has developed an expendable satellite launch vehicle named Safir SLV. Measuring 22 m in height with a core diameter of 1.25 m, with two liquid propellant stages, a single thrust chambered first stage and a two-thrust chambered, step-throttled second stage, the SLV has a lift off mass exceeding 26 tons. The first stage consists of a lengthened up-rated Shahab-3C. According to the technical documentation presented in the annual meeting of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, it is a two-stage rocket with all liquid propellant engines. The first stage is capable of carrying the payload to the maximum altitude of 68 kilometers.[9]

The Safir-1B is the second generation of Safir SLV and can carry a satellite weighing 60 kg into an elliptical orbit of 300 to 450 km. The thrust of the Safir-1B rocket engine has been increased from 32 to 37 tons.

Simorgh SLV

Main article: Simorgh (rocket)

In 2010, a more powerful rocket named Simorgh was built. Its mission is to carry heavier satellites into orbit.[10][11] The Simorgh rocket is 27 meters (89 feet) long, and has a mass of 77 tonnes (85 tons).[4] Its first stage is powered by four main engines, each generating up to 29,000 kilograms (64,000 pounds) of thrust, plus a fifth which will be used for attitude control, which provides an additional 13,600 kilograms (30,000 pounds). At liftoff, these engines will generate a total of 130,000 kilograms (290,000 pounds) of thrust. Simorgh is capable of putting a 350-kilogram (770 lb) payload into a 500-kilometer (310-mile) low Earth orbit. In 2015, Israeli media reported the missile is capable of taking a crewed spacecraft or satellite into space.[12][13] The first flight of the Simorgh rocket occurred on 19 April 2016.[14]

Zuljanah SLV

Main article: Zuljanah (rocket)

On February 1, 2021, Iran said it successfully tested its latest satellite launch vehicle named "Zuljanah" which is capable of carrying satellites weighing up to 220 kg into a 500 km orbit. The SLV has three stages and is equipped with 2 solid fuel engine stages and a last liquid fuel stage, with the first and second stages having 75 tons of thrust each.[15]

Qoqnoos SLV

On 2 February 2013, the head of the Iranian Space Agency, Hamid Fazeli mentioned that the new satellite launch vehicle, Qoqnoos will be used after the Simorgh SLV for heavier payloads.[16][17]

Soroush 1 & 2 SLV

ISA has plans to build SLVs (named "Soroush" 1 & 2) in the future with a capacity to place 8 tons and 15 tons payloads in space (i.e. 200 km orbit) respectively.[citation needed]

Launch history

Orbital launches

See also: List of orbital launch systems
 
The Simorgh SLV in its servicing tower.

On 17 August 2008, Iran proceeded with the second test launch of a two-stage Safir SLV from a site south of Semnan city in the northern part of the Dasht-e-Kavir desert. Reza Taghizadeh, head of the Iranian Aerospace Organization, told state television "The Safir (Ambassador) satellite carrier was launched today and, for the first time, we successfully launched a dummy satellite into orbit".

On 2 February 2009, Iranian state television reported that Iran's first domestically made satellite Omid (Persian: امید, meaning "Hope") had been successfully launched into Low Earth orbit by Iran's Safir rocket and therefore Iran became the 9th country to put a domestically built satellite into orbit.[18] The operation was made to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution.

In February 2011, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that there will be many launches of indigenously produced orbiters in 2011–2012 period.[19]

Iran plans to send one-ton satellites into an orbit of 1000 km and is setting up a new launch base for this purpose. Iran is also planning to launch satellites into orbits of up to 36,000 km.[20]

Sub-orbital launches

See also: Sounding rocket

On 25 February 2007, the Iranian state-run television announced that a rocket, created by the ministries of science and defense and which carried an unspecified cargo, was successfully launched. This could have been the maiden test flight of the three staged Safir SLV which ended in a failure. Later on it was noted by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that the failure was due to a technical problem in the last stage of the rocket.[21]

On 4 February 2008, Iran successfully launched a two-stage all solid-fuel sub-orbital sounding rocket Kavoshgar-1 (Explorer-1), for a maiden sub-orbital test flight from Shahroud, its newly inaugurated domestic space launch complex.[22] The first stage of the rocket detached after 90 seconds and returned to Earth with the help of a parachute while the second stage reached a 200 km altitude before reentering the Earth's atmosphere after 300 seconds. The third section of the rocket, containing an atmospheric probe, climbed to 250 km while successfully transmitting scientific data on the atmosphere and the electromagnetic waves on its path back to Earth. It deployed a parachute after six minutes at a lower altitude.

The second Kavoshgar (Kavoshgar-2), which carried a space-lab and a restoration system, was launched in November 2008.[23]

Animals in space

See also: Animals in space and Monkeys in space

Iran the 6th country to send animals in space.

  • On 3 February 2010, ISA launched a Kavoshgar-3 (Explorer-3) rocket with one rodent, two turtles, and several worms into sub-orbital space and returned them to Earth alive. The rocket was enabled to transfer electronic data and live footage back to Earth. The Iranian Aerospace Organization (IAO) showed live video transmission of mini-environmental lab to enable further studies on the biological capsule.[24] This was the first biological payload launched by Iran.[25] Iran is the sixth country to send animals in space.
  • On 15 March 2011, the ISA launched the Kavoshgar-4 (Explorer-4) rocket carrying a test capsule designed to carry a monkey but without living creatures on board.
  • Kavoshgar-5 (Explorer-5) carrying a live monkey was launched for a 20-minute sub-orbital flight in September 2011, however the mission failed. On 3 October 2011, Iran indefinitely postponed further plans while scientists reviewed readiness for future missions.[26] In May 2012, Iran announced that it would send more living creatures into the space by the summer.[27] Following the last failed attempt, ISA was seeking to successfully send a monkey into space by 2013.[28] ISA head Hamid Fazeli told the Iranian news agency Mehr that the designated monkeys are currently in quarantine.[29]
  • On 29 January 2013, Iranian state media announced that a monkey was sent into space and returned safely aboard the Pishgam capsule, after having reached a height of 120 km.[30] This was the first time that Iran has sent a primate into space, 54 years after the first monkeys Able and Baker returned safely. No details on the timing or location of the launch were given.[31]
  • On 14 December 2013, Iran launched a second monkey, named Fargam, on a suborbital flight.[32] The monkey is reported to have been retrieved successfully and safe, after the short 15-minute flight.

Satellites

See also: Communications in Iran

Iran is the 9th country to put a domestically built satellite into orbit using its own launcher.

Launched satellites

 
Omid, Iran's first satellite placed into orbit with own launcher.
  • On 28 October 2005, a Kosmos-3M booster rocket launched Sina-1. The joint Iranian Russian Sina-1 project cost US$15 million, and the launch made Iran the 43rd country to possess its own satellite.[33]
  • Environment 1, a joint research satellite of Iran, China and Thailand was launched on a Chinese Long March 2C carrier rocket on 6 September 2008, aimed at boosting cooperation on natural disasters such as flooding, drought, typhoon, landslide and earthquake. The twin Earth observation satellites of eight planned were launched from Taiyuan SLC. The satellites will work as a constellation with six other satellites yet to be launched. Its observational footprint is 720 km. With a lifespan of more than three years, they have state-of-the-art imaging systems and infrared cameras and provide a global scan every two days. Iran had shouldered US$6.5 million out of the $44 million of the total project cost.[34][35]
  • Omid, Iran's first satellite placed into orbit in February 2009 using a domestic launcher, the Safir. Omid was described as a data-processing satellite for research and telecommunications.[18][36]
  • Rasad-1 is an imaging satellite that has been built and launched successfully by Iran. The satellite was sent into the 260 kilometres orbit by a Safir rocket launcher on 15 June 2011.[37][38][39] It beams back to earth pictures with 150-meter resolution. It decayed from orbit three weeks after launch, on 6 July 2011.[40][41]
  • Navid-e Elm-o Sanat (also known as 'Ya Mahdi') which is an "experimental satellite" built by students for testing camera and telecommunications equipment was revealed to the public on 3 February 2010. It has store-dump capability and a resolution of 400 meters. On 3 February 2012, Iranian press reported that Iran has successfully launched its domestically built Navid-e Elm-o Sanat satellite into orbit.[citation needed] The satellite remained in orbit for two months, before reentering the atmosphere on 1 April 2012.[42]
  • Fajr, is an imaging satellite which also carries an experimental locally made GPS system built by Iran Electronics Industries. The satellite had a life span of 1.5 years and an imaging resolution of 500 meters. It is the first Iranian satellite to use "cold gas thruster" and has solar panels. Originally, it was to be launched in 2012. As were alleged, non-announced by Iran one failed launches of Fajr satellites occurred on 23 May in 2012.[43] Finally, Fajr was successfully launched and placed into orbit on 2 February 2015.[44] On 26 February 2015, Fajr reentered Earth's atmosphere after 23.8 days in orbit.[45]
  • Dousti, satellite designed for Earth observation. Launched by a Safir rocket on 5 February 2019.[46] The launch failed.
  • AUT-SAT, is a microsatellite being developed by students of Amirkabir University of Technology. It is designed as a remote sensing satellite with store-dump capability. It was launched on 15 January 2019 by a Simorgh rocket, but failed to reach orbit.[47][48] Amir Kabir satellite, weighing 80 kg, will reportedly be placed in a Sun-synchronous orbit of 660 km in radius, and will remain in space between three and five years.[citation needed] The launcher is expected to be a Simorgh missile.[49]
  • On 9 February 2020, Iran successfully launched the communication satellite, Zafar 1, through a Simorgh rocket from Imam Khomeini Space Center at 19:15 local time. However, spokesman for the defence ministry's space programme, Ahmad Hosseini, notified that the satellite didn't reach the required speed in its final moments for being put in the orbit.[50]
  • On 22 April 2020, Iran successfully launched "Noor" (Farsi for "Light"), a military satellite, into a 426 x 444 km / 59.8° orbit.[51]
  • On 31 December 2021, Iran launched a Simorgh rocket carrying "three research cargos into space".[52] However, following the launch a defence ministry spokesman, Ahmad Hosseini, confirmed the mission had failed to put its three payloads into orbit after the rocket was unable to reach the required speed.[53] France described the launch as "regrettable" as it was conducted amid renegotiations of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.[54]
  • On 8 March 2022, Iran reportedly sent its second “Nour-2” military satellite into 500 km orbit.[55][56]
  • The Khayyam, a high resolution imaging satellite, was successfully launched into orbit by a Russian Soyuz rocket on 9 August 2022.[57]

Unlaunched satellites

  • Nahid (1), satellite with folding solar panels.[58]
  • Toloo, is the first of a new generation of reconnaissance satellites being built by Iran Electronics Industries with SIGINT capabilities.[59][60] It will be launched by a Simorgh.[49]
  • Nasir 1, Iran's indigenously designed satellite navigation system (SAT NAV) has been manufactured to find the precise locations of satellites moving in orbit.[61][62]
  • Sharif satellite was originally scheduled for launch in 2012 is an observation satellite with an imaging resolution of better than 12.5 meters. The satellite is manufactured by Sharif University of Technology.[63]
  • Zafar-1, is an imaging satellite to be launched in 2012 and will have a resolution better than 80 meters.[47][48][64] The satellite will be sent into a geostationary orbit.[citation needed] The launcher is expected to be a Simorgh missile.[49]
  • Mesbah (meaning 'Lantern') was to be built by Iran in collaboration with Italy's Carlo Gavazzi Space S.p.A. Mesbah was a Low Earth orbit telecommunication satellite. The satellite was never launched as both Russia and Italy refused to cooperate with Iran anymore on space projects.[citation needed] The original Mesbah project was later on replaced by indigenous Mesbah-2 which is to be built and launched by Iran alone.[65] It was reported, in April 2011, that the US$10 million satellite built in Italy, has not been delivered to Iran. Italy has refused to hand over the satellite to Iran under the pretext of international sanctions on Iran. Iran maintains that the satellite be handed over for its launch by an Iranian satellite carrier.[66][67][68]
  • Mesbah-2 is a limited application communication satellite which was conceived as a locally designed satellite after the original Mesbah project failed to materialize due to international pressures on Iran. It will have a life span of 3 years with store dump capability and its own navigation system. It is scheduled for launch in 2012.[38][69][59][65]
  • Qaem, is a geosynchronous communication satellite that is being developed by Iran and is scheduled to be launched on an Iranian carrier by 2016. The satellite is going to have a life expectancy of 15 years, broadcasting TV and Radio channels.[70][71]
  • Pars Sepehr, is a remote sensing satellite being built and to be launched from Iran. Its launch date is not yet confirmed.[70][71]
  • Pars-2, is a remote sensing satellite being built and to be launched from Iran. Its launch schedule has not yet been announced.[70][71]
  • ZS4 is an Iranian satellite to be launched by an Iranian launcher. Its mission role and launch date have not been revealed.[72][73][74]
  • Sina-2 is a small satellite that will replace the mission role of Sina-1.[72][73]
  • SM2S is an Iranian satellite to be launched by an Iranian launcher. Its mission role and launch date have not been revealed.[72][75]
  • Iran is also to implement 10 satellite projects with Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO) members. The organization has defined 10 projects on designing, building and launching light satellites, middle class satellites weighing 500–600 kg, research satellites, remote-sensing and telecommunications satellites.[76][77]
  • Besharat satellite is being built by Iran with collaboration of some OIC members which have volunteered in the project. It is to be launched by Iran. The countries which are jointly working with Iran on the project are Pakistan, Turkey, Malaysia and some Arab countries. Its launch date is not yet confirmed.[78][79][80]
  • Saar (Starling) will be produced by Iran's Khajeh Nasir Toosi University of Technology.[citation needed]
  • Zohreh, is a geosynchronous communication satellite which was originally proposed before the Revolution in the 1970s as part of a joint Indian-Iranian project of four Iranian satellites to be launched by the then upcoming NASA Space Shuttles. Iran had also negotiated with France to build and launch the satellites but the project never materialized. In 2005, Iran negotiated with Russia to build and launch the first Zohreh satellite under an agreement worth $132 million with the satellite launch date stipulated as 2007–2008. The new agreement had followed the earlier failed negotiations with Russia in 2003 when Russia cancelled the project under US pressures. The satellite was to be of Express-1000 type and capable of relaying telephone, fax, data and television signals with a life span of 15 years.[35][81][82] In September 2010, Iran announced that it will build and launch the satellite locally as the foreign contractors had refused to complete the project. New launch date for the satellite was announced as 2014.[83][84] Russia had announced in 2009 that it is not going to cooperate with Iran on any space projects but reversed course again following the lifting of international sanctions against Iran in 2015.[85][86][87] Iran has also solicited NASA's cooperation in future space projects.[88]
  • Ekvator, a geosynchronous communications satellite built by ISS Reshetnev for Iran in a continuation of previous Russia-Iran space cooperation efforts. As of October 2022, Ekvator is expected to be launched on a Proton-M rocket in early 2024.[89]

Space centers

 
Map of locations of significant facilities of the Iranian Space Agency
Main article: Imam Khomeini Spaceport
See also: List of rocket launch sites
Map all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 
Download coordinates as: KML

The main launch site of the Iranian Space Agency is Shahrud, located at 36°25′0″N 55°01′0″E / 36.41667°N 55.01667°E / 36.41667; 55.01667 (Iranian Space Agency Emamshahr), where suborbital Shahab 3s LV have been launched.

Qom, located at 34°39′0″N 50°54′0″E / 34.65000°N 50.90000°E / 34.65000; 50.90000 (Iranian Space Agency Qom), is the other launch site.[90]

On occasion of the inaugural launch of Iran's first Safir-class sub-orbital rocket called Kavoshgar-1 (Explorer-1), Iran unveiled on 4 February 2008, its first Satellite Launch Center 35°14′02″N 53°55′16″E / 35.234°N 53.921°E / 35.234; 53.921 (Iranian Space Agency Satellite Launch Center Semnan) in Semnan city. The facility includes an underground command and control center, a tracking station and a launchpad among other structures.

In December 2010, it was announced that due to geographical limitations of first space center in injecting satellite into orbit, studies have been carried out for setting up a second (satellite) launch pad.[citation needed] The new national spaceport of Iran, named after Imam Khomeini,[91] is being built in Semnan.[92]

This new port is to be used to launch all future Iranian space missions similar to American Kennedy Space Center or the Baikonur Cosmodrome.[93][94][95] In March 2011, Jane's Information Group reported on the basis of its satellite imagery analysis of Iranian space launch sites that Iran is aggressively building complex facilities with very rapid pace showing the nation's inclinations towards space readiness.[96]

In June 2013, Iran inaugurated its first space monitoring center located near Delijan in Markazi province, according to Iran's Defense Minister General Ahmad Vahidi the new center which was named Imam Ja'far Sadeq would mostly be used to track and detect space objects and satellites passing overhead using radar, electro-optic and radio systems.[97][98]

Human spaceflight program

Main article: Iranian crewed spacecraft

Iran expressed for the first time its intention to send a human to space during the summit of Soviet and Iranian Presidents at 21 June 1990. Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev reached an agreement in principle with then-President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani to make joint Soviet-Iranian crewed flights to Mir space station but this agreement was never realized after the breakup of the Soviet Union.

Almost two decades later the Iranian News Agency claimed on 21 November 2005, that the Iranians have a human space program along with plans for the development of a spacecraft and a space laboratory. [99]

Iran Aerospace Industries Organization (IAIO) head Reza Taghipour on 20 August 2008, revealed Iran intends to launch a human mission into space within a decade. This goal was described as the country's top priority for the next 10 years, in order to make Iran the leading space power of the region by 2021.[100]

In August 2010, President Ahmadinejad announced that Iran's first astronaut should be sent into space on board an Iranian spacecraft by no later than 2019.[101] According to Iranian human space program, the first sub-orbital spaceflight was take place by 2016 at an altitude below 200 kilometers as preparation for the eventual orbital spaceflight.[102] No such vehicle was developed.

On 17 February 2015, Iran unveiled a mock prototype of crewed spaceship that would be capable of taking astronauts into space.[103] According to Iran's Space Administrator, this program was put on hold in 2017 indefinitely.[104] In 2021, the spaceship was being prepared to send a human into space by 2026.[105]

Space station

According to unofficial Chinese internet sources, an Iranian participation in the future Chinese space station program has been discussed. This involvement might range from simply sending astronauts to the 60 ton class space station to contributing with development of a space laboratory module. International human spaceflight cooperation has officially been disclosed for the first time after the launch of the Chinese Shenzhou 7 spacecraft.[106]

Lunar program

In 2011 and 2012, Western media has quoted that Iran has plans to land an astronaut on the Moon by 2025. However Iran doesn't have a medium lift rocket, therefore sending a human to space is unlikely due to the lack of equipment.[102][107][108][109][110][111]

Controversy

See also: Nuclear program of Iran

The Iranian space program has been condemned by United States and Europe because of their concern over its military potential. Some analysts have compared the relatively fast Iranian advancement in space technology to Soviet Sputnik program with the prediction that this advancement will propel Iran's military capability in other areas as well. The military concerns over Iran's space program has been exacerbated over Safir rocket's advanced 2nd stage which Iran has kept secret by not releasing any technical information related to the second stage of the rocket, keeping outside observers guessing over the technicalities.[112][113][114][115][116][117][118] For Radio Free Europe, independent experts interviewed disagreed with assertion made by the U.S. and various European countries. SIPRI's Tytti Erästö stated space launch vehicle program can contribute to missile development yet it isn't a shortcut for development of long range missiles such as intercontinental ballistic missiles, historically the ICBMs were converted to SLVs and never was in history SLV converted to ICBM. IISS Michael Elleman stated that claims made by the U.S. such as Mike Pompeo are grossly exaggerating contribution of SLV program to ICBM program and that it is misguided to suggest that SLV program is cover for nuclear capable ICBMs as claims made are a political statement. ST Analytics Markus Schiller stated that there is no indication that Iran is trying to develop missiles with range longer than 2000 km as Iran has been working on improving accuracy of their existing short and medium range missiles.[119]

Sabotage by the U.S.

In 2019, the New York Times reported that the U.S. has been sabotaging Iran's space program for years and that it planned to widen its efforts.[120]

See also

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The Iranian Space Agency ISA Persian سازمان فضایی ایران Sazman e Fazai ye Iran is Iran s governmental space agency Iran became an orbital launch capable nation in 2009 2 Iran is one of the 24 founding members of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space COPUOS which was set up on 13 December 1958 citation needed Iranian Space Agency ISA Official logo of ISAAgency overviewAbbreviationISAFormed1 February 2004 19 years ago 2004 02 01 TypeSpace agencyHeadquartersTehran Mahdasht Shahrud QomAdministratorHassan SalariehPrimary spaceportImam Khomeini SpaceportOwnerMinistry of Communications and Information Technology IranAnnual budget 4 6 million FY 2017 1 Websitewww wbr isa wbr ir Contents 1 History 2 Budget 3 Satellite launch vehicle SLV 3 1 Safir SLV 3 2 Simorgh SLV 3 3 Zuljanah SLV 3 4 Qoqnoos SLV 3 5 Soroush 1 amp 2 SLV 4 Launch history 4 1 Orbital launches 4 2 Sub orbital launches 4 2 1 Animals in space 5 Satellites 5 1 Launched satellites 5 2 Unlaunched satellites 6 Space centers 7 Human spaceflight program 7 1 Space station 7 2 Lunar program 8 Controversy 8 1 Sabotage by the U S 9 See also 10 References 11 External linksHistory EditISA was established on 28 February 2004 according to the Article 9 of the Law for Tasks and Authorizations of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology passed on 10 December 2003 by the Parliament of Iran Based on the approved statute ISA is mandated to cover and support all the activities in Iran concerning the peaceful applications of space science and technology under the leadership of a Supreme Council of Space chaired by the President of Iran The council s main goals included policy making for the application of space technologies aiming peaceful uses of outer space manufacturing launching and use of the national research satellites approving the space related state and private sector programs promoting the partnership of the private and cooperative sectors in efficient uses of space identifying guidelines concerning the regional and international cooperation in space issues To follow and implement the strategies set by the council ISA affiliated with the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology in the form of an autonomous organization was organized The president of ISA held the position of the Vice Minister of Communications and Information Technology and the secretariat of Supreme Council of Space at the same time 3 In 2015 Iran s space program was quietly suspended by President Rouhani following international pressures 4 It has then been reinvigorated by President Raisi in 2021 5 Budget EditSee also Politics of Iran Budget The proposed budget for the Iranian year 1393 2014 2015 was 1 865 583 million rials US 71 753 192 Other related organizations have received separate budget allocations Iranian Space Research Center has received an additional 1 751 000 million rials US 67 346 100 of budget for the year 1393 6 The budget for the year 2008 was mentioned to be US 3 9 billion 2008 7 However it was not apparent whether the allocation was just for one year or a longer period Under president Hassan Rouhani the proposed 2017 budget for the Iranian Space Agency fell to a low of US 4 6 million 8 Satellite launch vehicle SLV Edit Noor satellite launch Safir SLV Edit Main article Safir rocket Iran has developed an expendable satellite launch vehicle named Safir SLV Measuring 22 m in height with a core diameter of 1 25 m with two liquid propellant stages a single thrust chambered first stage and a two thrust chambered step throttled second stage the SLV has a lift off mass exceeding 26 tons The first stage consists of a lengthened up rated Shahab 3C According to the technical documentation presented in the annual meeting of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs it is a two stage rocket with all liquid propellant engines The first stage is capable of carrying the payload to the maximum altitude of 68 kilometers 9 The Safir 1B is the second generation of Safir SLV and can carry a satellite weighing 60 kg into an elliptical orbit of 300 to 450 km The thrust of the Safir 1B rocket engine has been increased from 32 to 37 tons Simorgh SLV Edit Main article Simorgh rocket In 2010 a more powerful rocket named Simorgh was built Its mission is to carry heavier satellites into orbit 10 11 The Simorgh rocket is 27 meters 89 feet long and has a mass of 77 tonnes 85 tons 4 Its first stage is powered by four main engines each generating up to 29 000 kilograms 64 000 pounds of thrust plus a fifth which will be used for attitude control which provides an additional 13 600 kilograms 30 000 pounds At liftoff these engines will generate a total of 130 000 kilograms 290 000 pounds of thrust Simorgh is capable of putting a 350 kilogram 770 lb payload into a 500 kilometer 310 mile low Earth orbit In 2015 Israeli media reported the missile is capable of taking a crewed spacecraft or satellite into space 12 13 The first flight of the Simorgh rocket occurred on 19 April 2016 14 Zuljanah SLV Edit Main article Zuljanah rocket On February 1 2021 Iran said it successfully tested its latest satellite launch vehicle named Zuljanah which is capable of carrying satellites weighing up to 220 kg into a 500 km orbit The SLV has three stages and is equipped with 2 solid fuel engine stages and a last liquid fuel stage with the first and second stages having 75 tons of thrust each 15 Qoqnoos SLV Edit On 2 February 2013 the head of the Iranian Space Agency Hamid Fazeli mentioned that the new satellite launch vehicle Qoqnoos will be used after the Simorgh SLV for heavier payloads 16 17 Soroush 1 amp 2 SLV Edit ISA has plans to build SLVs named Soroush 1 amp 2 in the future with a capacity to place 8 tons and 15 tons payloads in space i e 200 km orbit respectively citation needed Launch history EditOrbital launches Edit See also List of orbital launch systems The Simorgh SLV in its servicing tower On 17 August 2008 Iran proceeded with the second test launch of a two stage Safir SLV from a site south of Semnan city in the northern part of the Dasht e Kavir desert Reza Taghizadeh head of the Iranian Aerospace Organization told state television The Safir Ambassador satellite carrier was launched today and for the first time we successfully launched a dummy satellite into orbit On 2 February 2009 Iranian state television reported that Iran s first domestically made satellite Omid Persian امید meaning Hope had been successfully launched into Low Earth orbit by Iran s Safir rocket and therefore Iran became the 9th country to put a domestically built satellite into orbit 18 The operation was made to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution In February 2011 Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that there will be many launches of indigenously produced orbiters in 2011 2012 period 19 Iran plans to send one ton satellites into an orbit of 1000 km and is setting up a new launch base for this purpose Iran is also planning to launch satellites into orbits of up to 36 000 km 20 Sub orbital launches Edit See also Sounding rocket On 25 February 2007 the Iranian state run television announced that a rocket created by the ministries of science and defense and which carried an unspecified cargo was successfully launched This could have been the maiden test flight of the three staged Safir SLV which ended in a failure Later on it was noted by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that the failure was due to a technical problem in the last stage of the rocket 21 On 4 February 2008 Iran successfully launched a two stage all solid fuel sub orbital sounding rocket Kavoshgar 1 Explorer 1 for a maiden sub orbital test flight from Shahroud its newly inaugurated domestic space launch complex 22 The first stage of the rocket detached after 90 seconds and returned to Earth with the help of a parachute while the second stage reached a 200 km altitude before reentering the Earth s atmosphere after 300 seconds The third section of the rocket containing an atmospheric probe climbed to 250 km while successfully transmitting scientific data on the atmosphere and the electromagnetic waves on its path back to Earth It deployed a parachute after six minutes at a lower altitude The second Kavoshgar Kavoshgar 2 which carried a space lab and a restoration system was launched in November 2008 23 Animals in space Edit See also Animals in space and Monkeys in space Iran the 6th country to send animals in space On 3 February 2010 ISA launched a Kavoshgar 3 Explorer 3 rocket with one rodent two turtles and several worms into sub orbital space and returned them to Earth alive The rocket was enabled to transfer electronic data and live footage back to Earth The Iranian Aerospace Organization IAO showed live video transmission of mini environmental lab to enable further studies on the biological capsule 24 This was the first biological payload launched by Iran 25 Iran is the sixth country to send animals in space On 15 March 2011 the ISA launched the Kavoshgar 4 Explorer 4 rocket carrying a test capsule designed to carry a monkey but without living creatures on board Kavoshgar 5 Explorer 5 carrying a live monkey was launched for a 20 minute sub orbital flight in September 2011 however the mission failed On 3 October 2011 Iran indefinitely postponed further plans while scientists reviewed readiness for future missions 26 In May 2012 Iran announced that it would send more living creatures into the space by the summer 27 Following the last failed attempt ISA was seeking to successfully send a monkey into space by 2013 28 ISA head Hamid Fazeli told the Iranian news agency Mehr that the designated monkeys are currently in quarantine 29 On 29 January 2013 Iranian state media announced that a monkey was sent into space and returned safely aboard the Pishgam capsule after having reached a height of 120 km 30 This was the first time that Iran has sent a primate into space 54 years after the first monkeys Able and Baker returned safely No details on the timing or location of the launch were given 31 On 14 December 2013 Iran launched a second monkey named Fargam on a suborbital flight 32 The monkey is reported to have been retrieved successfully and safe after the short 15 minute flight Satellites EditSee also Communications in Iran Iran is the 9th country to put a domestically built satellite into orbit using its own launcher Launched satellites Edit Omid Iran s first satellite placed into orbit with own launcher On 28 October 2005 a Kosmos 3M booster rocket launched Sina 1 The joint Iranian Russian Sina 1 project cost US 15 million and the launch made Iran the 43rd country to possess its own satellite 33 Environment 1 a joint research satellite of Iran China and Thailand was launched on a Chinese Long March 2C carrier rocket on 6 September 2008 aimed at boosting cooperation on natural disasters such as flooding drought typhoon landslide and earthquake The twin Earth observation satellites of eight planned were launched from Taiyuan SLC The satellites will work as a constellation with six other satellites yet to be launched Its observational footprint is 720 km With a lifespan of more than three years they have state of the art imaging systems and infrared cameras and provide a global scan every two days Iran had shouldered US 6 5 million out of the 44 million of the total project cost 34 35 Omid Iran s first satellite placed into orbit in February 2009 using a domestic launcher the Safir Omid was described as a data processing satellite for research and telecommunications 18 36 Rasad 1 is an imaging satellite that has been built and launched successfully by Iran The satellite was sent into the 260 kilometres orbit by a Safir rocket launcher on 15 June 2011 37 38 39 It beams back to earth pictures with 150 meter resolution It decayed from orbit three weeks after launch on 6 July 2011 40 41 Navid e Elm o Sanat also known as Ya Mahdi which is an experimental satellite built by students for testing camera and telecommunications equipment was revealed to the public on 3 February 2010 It has store dump capability and a resolution of 400 meters On 3 February 2012 Iranian press reported that Iran has successfully launched its domestically built Navid e Elm o Sanat satellite into orbit citation needed The satellite remained in orbit for two months before reentering the atmosphere on 1 April 2012 42 Fajr is an imaging satellite which also carries an experimental locally made GPS system built by Iran Electronics Industries The satellite had a life span of 1 5 years and an imaging resolution of 500 meters It is the first Iranian satellite to use cold gas thruster and has solar panels Originally it was to be launched in 2012 As were alleged non announced by Iran one failed launches of Fajr satellites occurred on 23 May in 2012 43 Finally Fajr was successfully launched and placed into orbit on 2 February 2015 44 On 26 February 2015 Fajr reentered Earth s atmosphere after 23 8 days in orbit 45 Dousti satellite designed for Earth observation Launched by a Safir rocket on 5 February 2019 46 The launch failed AUT SAT is a microsatellite being developed by students of Amirkabir University of Technology It is designed as a remote sensing satellite with store dump capability It was launched on 15 January 2019 by a Simorgh rocket but failed to reach orbit 47 48 Amir Kabir satellite weighing 80 kg will reportedly be placed in a Sun synchronous orbit of 660 km in radius and will remain in space between three and five years citation needed The launcher is expected to be a Simorgh missile 49 On 9 February 2020 Iran successfully launched the communication satellite Zafar 1 through a Simorgh rocket from Imam Khomeini Space Center at 19 15 local time However spokesman for the defence ministry s space programme Ahmad Hosseini notified that the satellite didn t reach the required speed in its final moments for being put in the orbit 50 On 22 April 2020 Iran successfully launched Noor Farsi for Light a military satellite into a 426 x 444 km 59 8 orbit 51 On 31 December 2021 Iran launched a Simorgh rocket carrying three research cargos into space 52 However following the launch a defence ministry spokesman Ahmad Hosseini confirmed the mission had failed to put its three payloads into orbit after the rocket was unable to reach the required speed 53 France described the launch as regrettable as it was conducted amid renegotiations of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action 54 On 8 March 2022 Iran reportedly sent its second Nour 2 military satellite into 500 km orbit 55 56 The Khayyam a high resolution imaging satellite was successfully launched into orbit by a Russian Soyuz rocket on 9 August 2022 57 Unlaunched satellites Edit Nahid 1 satellite with folding solar panels 58 Toloo is the first of a new generation of reconnaissance satellites being built by Iran Electronics Industries with SIGINT capabilities 59 60 It will be launched by a Simorgh 49 Nasir 1 Iran s indigenously designed satellite navigation system SAT NAV has been manufactured to find the precise locations of satellites moving in orbit 61 62 Sharif satellite was originally scheduled for launch in 2012 is an observation satellite with an imaging resolution of better than 12 5 meters The satellite is manufactured by Sharif University of Technology 63 Zafar 1 is an imaging satellite to be launched in 2012 and will have a resolution better than 80 meters 47 48 64 The satellite will be sent into a geostationary orbit citation needed The launcher is expected to be a Simorgh missile 49 Mesbah meaning Lantern was to be built by Iran in collaboration with Italy s Carlo Gavazzi Space S p A Mesbah was a Low Earth orbit telecommunication satellite The satellite was never launched as both Russia and Italy refused to cooperate with Iran anymore on space projects citation needed The original Mesbah project was later on replaced by indigenous Mesbah 2 which is to be built and launched by Iran alone 65 It was reported in April 2011 that the US 10 million satellite built in Italy has not been delivered to Iran Italy has refused to hand over the satellite to Iran under the pretext of international sanctions on Iran Iran maintains that the satellite be handed over for its launch by an Iranian satellite carrier 66 67 68 Mesbah 2 is a limited application communication satellite which was conceived as a locally designed satellite after the original Mesbah project failed to materialize due to international pressures on Iran It will have a life span of 3 years with store dump capability and its own navigation system It is scheduled for launch in 2012 38 69 59 65 Qaem is a geosynchronous communication satellite that is being developed by Iran and is scheduled to be launched on an Iranian carrier by 2016 The satellite is going to have a life expectancy of 15 years broadcasting TV and Radio channels 70 71 Pars Sepehr is a remote sensing satellite being built and to be launched from Iran Its launch date is not yet confirmed 70 71 Pars 2 is a remote sensing satellite being built and to be launched from Iran Its launch schedule has not yet been announced 70 71 ZS4 is an Iranian satellite to be launched by an Iranian launcher Its mission role and launch date have not been revealed 72 73 74 Sina 2 is a small satellite that will replace the mission role of Sina 1 72 73 SM2S is an Iranian satellite to be launched by an Iranian launcher Its mission role and launch date have not been revealed 72 75 Iran is also to implement 10 satellite projects with Asia Pacific Space Cooperation Organization APSCO members The organization has defined 10 projects on designing building and launching light satellites middle class satellites weighing 500 600 kg research satellites remote sensing and telecommunications satellites 76 77 Besharat satellite is being built by Iran with collaboration of some OIC members which have volunteered in the project It is to be launched by Iran The countries which are jointly working with Iran on the project are Pakistan Turkey Malaysia and some Arab countries Its launch date is not yet confirmed 78 79 80 Saar Starling will be produced by Iran s Khajeh Nasir Toosi University of Technology citation needed Zohreh is a geosynchronous communication satellite which was originally proposed before the Revolution in the 1970s as part of a joint Indian Iranian project of four Iranian satellites to be launched by the then upcoming NASA Space Shuttles Iran had also negotiated with France to build and launch the satellites but the project never materialized In 2005 Iran negotiated with Russia to build and launch the first Zohreh satellite under an agreement worth 132 million with the satellite launch date stipulated as 2007 2008 The new agreement had followed the earlier failed negotiations with Russia in 2003 when Russia cancelled the project under US pressures The satellite was to be of Express 1000 type and capable of relaying telephone fax data and television signals with a life span of 15 years 35 81 82 In September 2010 Iran announced that it will build and launch the satellite locally as the foreign contractors had refused to complete the project New launch date for the satellite was announced as 2014 83 84 Russia had announced in 2009 that it is not going to cooperate with Iran on any space projects but reversed course again following the lifting of international sanctions against Iran in 2015 85 86 87 Iran has also solicited NASA s cooperation in future space projects 88 Ekvator a geosynchronous communications satellite built by ISS Reshetnev for Iran in a continuation of previous Russia Iran space cooperation efforts As of October 2022 Ekvator is expected to be launched on a Proton M rocket in early 2024 89 Space centers Edit Map of locations of significant facilities of the Iranian Space Agency Main article Imam Khomeini Spaceport See also List of rocket launch sites Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as KMLThe main launch site of the Iranian Space Agency is Shahrud located at 36 25 0 N 55 01 0 E 36 41667 N 55 01667 E 36 41667 55 01667 Iranian Space Agency Emamshahr where suborbital Shahab 3s LV have been launched Qom located at 34 39 0 N 50 54 0 E 34 65000 N 50 90000 E 34 65000 50 90000 Iranian Space Agency Qom is the other launch site 90 On occasion of the inaugural launch of Iran s first Safir class sub orbital rocket called Kavoshgar 1 Explorer 1 Iran unveiled on 4 February 2008 its first Satellite Launch Center 35 14 02 N 53 55 16 E 35 234 N 53 921 E 35 234 53 921 Iranian Space Agency Satellite Launch Center Semnan in Semnan city The facility includes an underground command and control center a tracking station and a launchpad among other structures In December 2010 it was announced that due to geographical limitations of first space center in injecting satellite into orbit studies have been carried out for setting up a second satellite launch pad citation needed The new national spaceport of Iran named after Imam Khomeini 91 is being built in Semnan 92 This new port is to be used to launch all future Iranian space missions similar to American Kennedy Space Center or the Baikonur Cosmodrome 93 94 95 In March 2011 Jane s Information Group reported on the basis of its satellite imagery analysis of Iranian space launch sites that Iran is aggressively building complex facilities with very rapid pace showing the nation s inclinations towards space readiness 96 In June 2013 Iran inaugurated its first space monitoring center located near Delijan in Markazi province according to Iran s Defense Minister General Ahmad Vahidi the new center which was named Imam Ja far Sadeq would mostly be used to track and detect space objects and satellites passing overhead using radar electro optic and radio systems 97 98 Human spaceflight program EditMain article Iranian crewed spacecraft Iran expressed for the first time its intention to send a human to space during the summit of Soviet and Iranian Presidents at 21 June 1990 Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev reached an agreement in principle with then President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani to make joint Soviet Iranian crewed flights to Mir space station but this agreement was never realized after the breakup of the Soviet Union Almost two decades later the Iranian News Agency claimed on 21 November 2005 that the Iranians have a human space program along with plans for the development of a spacecraft and a space laboratory 99 Iran Aerospace Industries Organization IAIO head Reza Taghipour on 20 August 2008 revealed Iran intends to launch a human mission into space within a decade This goal was described as the country s top priority for the next 10 years in order to make Iran the leading space power of the region by 2021 100 In August 2010 President Ahmadinejad announced that Iran s first astronaut should be sent into space on board an Iranian spacecraft by no later than 2019 101 According to Iranian human space program the first sub orbital spaceflight was take place by 2016 at an altitude below 200 kilometers as preparation for the eventual orbital spaceflight 102 No such vehicle was developed On 17 February 2015 Iran unveiled a mock prototype of crewed spaceship that would be capable of taking astronauts into space 103 According to Iran s Space Administrator this program was put on hold in 2017 indefinitely 104 In 2021 the spaceship was being prepared to send a human into space by 2026 105 Space station Edit According to unofficial Chinese internet sources an Iranian participation in the future Chinese space station program has been discussed This involvement might range from simply sending astronauts to the 60 ton class space station to contributing with development of a space laboratory module International human spaceflight cooperation has officially been disclosed for the first time after the launch of the Chinese Shenzhou 7 spacecraft 106 Lunar program Edit In 2011 and 2012 Western media has quoted that Iran has plans to land an astronaut on the Moon by 2025 However Iran doesn t have a medium lift rocket therefore sending a human to space is unlikely due to the lack of equipment 102 107 108 109 110 111 Controversy EditSee also Nuclear program of Iran The Iranian space program has been condemned by United States and Europe because of their concern over its military potential Some analysts have compared the relatively fast Iranian advancement in space technology to Soviet Sputnik program with the prediction that this advancement will propel Iran s military capability in other areas as well The military concerns over Iran s space program has been exacerbated over Safir rocket s advanced 2nd stage which Iran has kept secret by not releasing any technical information related to the second stage of the rocket keeping outside observers guessing over the technicalities 112 113 114 115 116 117 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