An area where solid rocket boosters are tested in northern Iran. [3], Since 2015, Iran's space program has been quietly suspended by President Rouhani following international pressures. USSTRATCOM has issued numerous elements of two objects in approximately a 55.5 deg, 245 X 378 km orbit. 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. Poker players have a tell. Iran joins a small group ofcountries with the ability to build and launchtheir own satellites into orbit. Researchers had suspected the buildings near Shahrud were connected to a rocket program, and this quirk helped confirm their suspicions. This involvement might range from simply sending astronauts to the 60 ton class space station to contributing with development of a space laboratory module. Sign up or login to join the discussions! You can see new buildings popping up between 2015 and 2018 in this juxtaposition: One sign this is a rocket facility are the earthen berms around the buildings, designed to contain explosives in the event of an accident. The facility includes an underground command and control center, a tracking station and a launchpad among other structures.

[14][15], 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.

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". Anticipating the potential that Sunday’s launch might fail, the backup Zafar-2 satellite has already been assembled and can be made ready for launch. You must login or create an account to comment. This could have been the maiden test flight of the three staged Safir SLV which ended in a failure. [7], Iran has developed an expendable satellite launch vehicle named Safir SLV. [11][12] The first flight of the Simorgh rocket occurred on 19 April 2016. Iran to Launch a Monkey into Space, "Iran Says It Sent Monkey into Space and Back", "Iran launches first home-made satellite: state TV", "Iran Plans Multiple Satellite Launches | NTI", "The Emerging Iranian Space Program – PakAlumni Worldwide: The Global Social Network", "Iran, Russia Sign 'Zohreh' Satellite Deal", "Iran puts Omid data-processing satellite into orbit", "Iran launches homemade satellite into orbit | UTSanDiego.com", "PressTV – Iran successfully launches new satellite into orbit", "رونمایی از 4 ماهواره بومی،‌ موتور ماهواره‌بر "سفیرB1 " و "كاوشگر4, "Iran satellite launch fails, in blow to space program", "Iran launches its 1st military satellite into orbit: reports", "Iran to Launch Toloo Satellite Next Year", "Iran, world, political, sport, economic news and headlines", "Iran to retrieve Mesbah-1 sat from Italy", "Iran to launch satellite on its own by late 2011", "ISNA – 04-05-2011 – 90/1/16 – Service: / Science / News ID: 1741444", "Iranian official: Italy deviates from handing over Misbah satellite – Trend", "AFP: Iran to unveil three new home-built satellites: report", "Iran to implement 10 satellite projects with APSCO members", "Iran plans to join APSCO satellite-building project", "The Institute for National Security Studies", "ماهواره زهره تا چهارسال آينده به فضا پرتاب مي شود", "الف - پرتاب ماهواره زهره تا 4 سال آينده", "Russians Say 'Nyet' To Another Iranian Satellite | Danger Room", "Blog Archive » Iran/Russia and arms sales, pre-Obama visit", "تاسيس پايگاه ملي پرتاب ماهواره درجنوب شرق کشور - مشرق نیوز", http://baztab.jetjoin.com/2011/03/11/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B3-%D9%BE%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87-%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8/, "اختصاص ۴ ميليارد تومان اعتبار براي ساخت ابررايانه ملي", "Iran accelerates space and missile launch projects – Jane's Defence Weekly", "Iran plans manned space mission in 10 years", "Iran to send first astronaut into space within 10 years", "Iran aims to send man into space by 2019", "Dispatching Iranian astronaut to below 200 km orbit", "Iran Drops Plan to Send Human into Space, Citing Cost", "Iran Space Agency to launch a monkey into space – space – 03 August 2012 – New Scientist", "Iran's Space Program: The Next Genie in a Bottle? [9][10] The Simorgh rocket is 27 meters (89 ft) long, and has a mass of 77 tonnes (85 tons). But it said that it wanted to improve its Shahab-3 missile, which has a range of 1,250 miles, to launch satellites. Sunday’s failure to deploy Zafar-1 now marks the rocket’s third consecutive failure, and it is yet to place a satellite into orbit. Western nations, however, have often characterized the Iranian space program as a front for the country’s development of missile technology. Iranian Space Agency Official logo of ISA Agency overview AbbreviationISA Formed1 February 2004; 16 years ago TypeSpace agency HeadquartersTehran, Mahdasht, Shahrud, Qom AdministratorMorteza Barari Primary spaceportImam K… The Safir rocket that Iran used for its earliest satellite launches was based on the Shahab-3 missile – itself derived the North Korean Hwasong-7 missile which traces its design back to the Soviet Union’s R-17 Elbrus – commonly known in the west as the Scud.