Updates The Iranian Space Program Thread

Soheil_Esy · Apr 5, 2015

For the North Korean space program, see The North Korean Space Program Thread.

© A S☫heil presentation; First published 2015; Updated 2016-2017-2021; Last update 24 JUN 2021

Table of Contents

1. Table of Contents

2.1. Iranian Space Agency (ISA) Past Activities
2.1.1 Iranian satellites already launched Updated 26 APR 2021
2.1.2. Iranian suborbital milestones Updated 28 APR 2021
2.2. Background: Dual space race
2.2.1. Inter-Muslim space race's outcome Updated 29 APR 2021
2.2.1. Regional space race's outcome Updated 29 APR 2021

3. Current Iranian Space Activities Part 1
3.1. Iranian satellites in development Updated 25 MAR 2017
3.2. Bringing into use of satellite network frequency assignments

4. Current Iranian Space Activities Part 2
4.1. Inter-Muslim lunar space race Updated 19 APR 2021
4.2. Regional lunar space race Updated 19 APR 2021
4.3. Iranian manned launch schedule Updated 22 FEB 2017

5. Iran's Space Organizations Updated 17 APR 2021

6. Iran's first space center: Imam Khomeini SLC Part 1 Updated 19 MAY 2021

7. Iran's first space center: Imam Khomeini SLC Part 2 Updated 6 JUN 2021

8. Iran's second space launch center: Imam Sadegh SLC Part 1

9. Iran's second space launch center: Imam Sadegh SLC Part 2

10. Iran's third space launch center: Chabahar SLC Updated 28 APR 2021

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11. Iran's Space Weather Research Center Updated 9 JUN 2021

12. Iran's Satellite Monitoring Systems Updated 13 JUN 2021
12.1. Iranian tracking stations Updated 22 MAY 2021

13. Iranian Home-Made Telescope Updated 22 MAY 2021

14. Iran's Radio Telescope Updated 9 JUN 2021

15. Iranian space tracking center Part 1 Updated 23 MAY 2021

16. Iranian space tracking center Part 2 Updated 23 MAY 2021

17. Shiraz IRGC satellite ground control station Updated 21 APR 2021

18. Iran's space research facilities

19. Alghadir missile base at Bid Ganeh Part 1 Updated 28 APR 2021

20. Alghadir missile base at Bid Ganeh Part 2 Updated 28 APR 2021

21. Alghadir missile base at Bid Ganeh Part 3 Updated 28 APR 2021

22. Imam Sadegh horizontal static test stand Updated 27 APR 2021

23. IRGC Khojir Missile Complex's horizontal static test stand Updated 26 APR 2021

24. Iran's sonic wind tunnel Updated 18 APR 2021

25. Iran's hypersonic wind tunnel Updated 18 APR 2021

26. Iran's vacuum test stand Updated 18 APR 2021

27. Iranian liquid fuel Space Launch Vehicles
27.1 IRIS SLV Updated 21 APR 2021

28.1. Safir-1 (Ambassador) SLV
28.1.2. Safir-1 Launch Timeline
28.2. Safir-1A SLV Updated 23 MAY 2021

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29. Safir-1B SLV Part 1

30. Safir-1B SLV Part 2

31. Safir-1C SLV

32. Safir-2 SLV Part 1 Updated 23 JUN 2021

33. Safir-2 SLV Part 2 Updated 22 APR 2021

34. Finally revealed: Simorgh SLV in assembly building

35. Iran to Test New Safir-2 Satellite Carrier
35.1. Safir-2 Launch history
35.2. First test launch of Safir-2 Updated 6 MAY 2021

36. Second test launch of Safir-2 Updated 1 MAY 2021

37. Safir-2 LV family evolution Updated 16 FEB 2017
37.1. Safir-2B SLV
37.2. Safir-2C/D SLV

38. Safir-3 SLV
38.1. Iran Developing Man-rated Launcher Updated 14 MAR 2017
38.2.1. The Rusian rockets scrap dealers
38.2.2. Russian Sunkar and Proton-light rocket stages for free

39. 80-ton thrust Paektusan-1 rocket engine Part 1 Updated 24 APR 2017

40. 80-ton thrust Paektusan-1 rocket engine Part 2 Updated 24 APR 2017

41. The March 18 Revolution: 100-ton thrust Paektusan-1B rocket engine configuration Updated 20 MAY 2017
41.1. 100-ton thrust Paektusan-1B rocket engine configuration's static ground test Updated 20 MAY 2017
41.2. 100-ton thrust Paektusan-1B rocket engine configuration's flight test Updated 20 MAY 2017
41.4. Photogrammetric analysis Updated 14 APR 2017

42. Evolution of North Korean and Iranian LVs second stages Updated 12 APR 2017

43. Safir-3A Sepehr space launch vehicle Part 1 Updated 28 APR 2021

44. Safir-3B Qoqnoos space launch vehicle Updated 28 APR 2021

45. Safir-3C Sarir SLV Updated 27 APR 2021

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46. Safir-4 SLV Part 1 Updated 28 APR 2021

47. Safir-4 SLV Part 2 Updated 27 APR 2021

48. Safir-4 SLV Part 3 Updated 23 APR 2021

49. Safir-4 SLV: Soroush-1 and Soroush-2 SLV Updated 18 APR 2021

50. Safir-5 HLV Updated 18 APR 2021

51. Safir-6 VTVL Space Launch Vehicle Part 1 Updated 18 APR 2021

52. Safir-6 VTVL Space Launch Vehicle Part 2 Updated 18 APR 2021

53. Iranian solid fuel Space Launch Vehicles
53.1. Tir and Mehr space launchers

54. Qased-1 SLV Part 1 Updated 23 APR 2021
54.1. Salman-1 TVC

55. Qased-1 SLV Part 2 Updated 23 APR 2021

56. Qased-2 SLV Part 1 Updated 27 APR 2021

57. Zoljanah-1 Space Launch Vehicle Part 1 Updated 26 APR 2021

58. Zoljanah-1 Space Launch Vehicle Part 2 Updated 26 APR 2021

59. Zoljanah-1 Space Launch Vehicle Part 3 Updated 27 APR 2021

60. Zoljanah-2 SLV Updated 26 APR 2021

61. Qaem Space Launch Vehicle Part 1 Updated 24 APR 2021

62. Qaem Space Launch Vehicle Part 2 Updated 28 APR 2021

63. Qaem Space Launch Vehicle Part 3 Updated 28 APR 2021

64. Qaem Space Launch Vehicle Part 4 Updated 27 APR 2021

65. Iranian Upper Stage Part 1 Updated 23 APR 2021
65.1. Saman-1 Upper Stage
65.2. ISRC's Arash-22 solid fuel propellant motor Updated 11 MAY 2021
65.3. ISRC's Arash-24 solid fuel motor Updated 11 MAY 2021

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66 Iranian Upper Stage Part 2 Updated 23 APR 2021
66.1. Two solid propellant stages Upper Stage Updated 18 APR 2021
66.2. SUS-M Upper Stage Updated 18 APR 2021
66.3. Saman-2 Upper Stage
66.4. P-1 solid propellant engine Updated 13 MAY 2021

67. Iranian space thrusters Updated 12 MAY 2021

68. Iranian stellar guidance system Updated 21 APR 2021

69. Iranian manned space program
69.1. Iranian manned suborbital milestones Updated 28 APR 2021
69.2. Persian manned space program before the I.R.I. Updated 12 MAY 2021
69.3. The French manned space program path and implication for Iran Updated 27 APR 2021

70. Kavoshgar-1 Updated 7 JUN 2021

71. Kavoshgar-2 Updated 7 JUN 2021

72. Kavoshgar-3 Updated 7 JUN 2021

73. Kavoshgar-4 Updated 7 JUN 2021

74. Kavoshgar-5 Updated 7 JUN 2021

75. Kavoshgar-6 Updated 7 JUN 2021

76. Kavoshgar-7 Part 1

77. Kavoshgar-7 Part 2 Updated 7 MAY 2021

78. Landing and recovery of Pazhuhesh spacecraft

79. Models of Iranian sounding rockets

80. Iran's Suborbital Manned Launcher IRIS Updated 20 APR 2021

81. Iran's first sub-orbital manned spacecraft E1 Part 1
81.1. E1 manned spacecraft mock-up

82. Iran's first sub-orbital manned spacecraft E1 Part 2 Updated 27 APR 2021
82.1. Overview of major milestones

83. Chinese Project 714 Shuguang-1 Updated 14 MAY 2021
83.1. Soviet OGCh Updated 14 MAY 2021
83.2. North Korean manned spacraft Updated 14 MAY 2021

84. Kavoshgar-9 Part 1 Updated 17 APR 2021

85. Kavoshgar-9 Part 2 Updated 29 APR 2021

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86. Kavoshgar-9 Part 3 Updated 27 APR 2021

87. Kavoshgar-9 Part 4 TBD

88. Kavoshgar-10 TBD

89. Iranian orbital manned spacecraft E2
89.1. Unidentified Iranian orbital manned spacecrafts Updated 25 MAR 2017
89.2. Chinese Project 863 manned orbital spacecraft
89.3. North Korean manned orbital spacecraft Updated 3 APR 2017
89.4. Iranian Safir-class manned space launchers family Updated 8 MAR 2017
89.5. Iranian EVA, rendezvous and docking Updated 9 MAY 2017

90. Iranian space station Part 1 Updated 19 APR 2021

91. Iranian space station Part 2 Updated 19 APR 2021

92. Iranian space station Part 3 Updated 19 APR 2021

93. Iranian astronauts
93.1. Breaking the Human Spaceflight Bottleneck
93.2. Glossary

94. Iranian first astronaut indigenous path Part 1 Updated 21 APR 2021
94.1. Iran to send first astronaut to space in ten years
94.2. Mockup spacesuit
94.3. Iran's first recovery ship Updated 13 MAR 2017

95. Iranian first astronaut indigenous path Part 2 Updated 27 APR 2021

96. Iranian first astronaut alternate path Updated 20 APR 2021

97. Iran's Lunar Exploration Program (ILEP) Updated 21 APR 2021
97.1. Iran's Lunar Orbiter

98. Iran's Lunar Lander Updated 21 APR 2021

99. Iran's Lunar Rover Updated 21 APR 2021

100. Iran's Lunar Base Updated 23 APR 2021

101. Iran's Space Telescope Updated 19 APR 2021

102. Iran's GEO comsat Updated 9 JUN 2021

103. Iran's network of small satellites Updated 21 APR 2021

104. Iranian Navigation Satellite System

105. Iran's Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite (NEOSSat) Updated 9 JUN 2021

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106. Iranian international cooperation
106.1. Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO) Updated 12 MAR 2017
10.2. North Korea-Iranian space cooperation Updated 29 APR 2017
106.3. Iran-Chinese space cooperation
106.4. Iran-Russian space cooperation
106.5. Iran-European space cooperation
106.6. Iran-NAM space cooperation

107. Safir-1 rocket for Iran's first suborbital manned spaceflight Updated 20 APR 2021

108. Iranian rocket scientists killed in accidents

109. Iranian satellites already launched
109.1. Sinah-1 to Huanjing-1A/B Updated 13 MAY 2021

110. Omid satellite Updated 6 JUN 2021

111. Rasad satellite Updated 6 JUN 2021

112. Navid satellite Part 1

113. Navid-e Elm-o Sanat satellite Part 2

114. Navid-e Elm-o Sanat satellite Part 3

115. Fajr satellite Updated 7 MAY 2021

116. Tolou satellite Part 1 Updated 29 APR 2021

117. Tolou satellite Part 2 Updated 7 MAY 2021

118. Payam-1 satellite Part 1 Updated 25 APR 2021

119. Payam-1 satellite Part 2 Updated 26 APR 2021

120. Doosti satellite Part 1 Updated 30 APR 2021

121. Nahid-1 satellite Part 1 Updated 20 APR 2021

122. Nahid-1 satellite Part 2 Updated 23 APR 2021

123. Nahid-1 satellite Part 3 Updated 20 APR 2021

124. Zafar-1 satellite Part 1 Updated 20 APR 2021

125. Zafar-1 satellite Part 2 Updated 20 APR 2021

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126. Nour-1 satellite Part 1 Updated 6 MAY 2021

127. Nour-1 satellite Part 2 Updated 20 APR 2021

128. Nour-1 satellite Part 3 Updated 7 MAY 2021

129. Nour-1 satellite Part 4 Updated 20 APR 2021

130. Pars-1#1 satellite Updated 23 JUN 2021

131. Pars-1#2 satellite Updated 23 JUN 2021

132. Nour-2 satellite Updated 21 APR 2021

133. Payam-2 satellite Updated 21 APR 2021

134. Zafar-2 satellite Updated 20 APR 2021

135. Iranian satellites ready for launch Part 1
135.1 AUT SAT to Khaleej-e Fars Updated 25 MAR 2017

136. Iranian satellites ready for launch Part 2
136.1 Mesbah-1 to Zohreh-1 Updated 25 MAR 2017

137. Iranian satellites ready for launch Part 3
137.1. Zohreh-2

138. Unidentified disclosed satellites Updated 13 MAR 2017

Cosmic Penguin · Apr 5, 2015

So.....where is the rocket for this? Where is the real capsule?

Hlynkacg · Apr 5, 2015

Galactic Penguin SST said:
So.....where is the rocket for this? Where is the real capsule?

Being built in the same factory as their new stealth fighter. :thumbup:

Soheil_Esy · Apr 6, 2015

Part 2

Iranian Space Agency (ISA) And IRGC' Space Agency Past Activities

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║                                                        Iranian satellites already launched                                                                ║
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║ Date          │ Time                │ Satellite                         │ Class             │ Launcher       │ Space Center │ Remarks                     ║
╟───────────────┼─────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────┼────────────────┼──────────────┼─────────────────────────────╢
║ 27.OCT.2005   │ 06:52:26 UTC        │ Sinah-1 (ZS-1)                    │ Remote sensing    │ Kosmos-3M      │ Plesetsk     │                             ║
╟───────────────┼─────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────┼────────────────┼──────────────┼─────────────────────────────╢
║ 06.SEP.2008   │ 11:25 Beijing       │ HJ-1A/B                           │ Earth observation │ CZ-2C          │ Taiyuan SLC  │ Jointly designed by Iran,   ║
║               │ (03:25 UTC)         │ (Huanjing: Environment)           │                   │                │              │ China and Thailand          ║
║               │                     │                                   │                   │                │              │                             ║
╟───────────────┼─────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────┼────────────────┼──────────────┼─────────────────────────────╢
║ 02.FEB.2009   │ ~18:33-18:36:40 UTC │ Omid (Hope)                       │ Technology        │ Safir-e Omid   │ IKSLC LC-1   │ First ISA satellite launch  ║
╟───────────────┼─────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────┼────────────────┼──────────────┼─────────────────────────────╢
║ 15.JUN.2011   │ 13:45:03 Tehran     │ Rasad (Observation)               │ Military          │ Safir-e-Rasad  │ IKSLC LC-1   │                             ║
║               │ (09:15:03 UTC)      │                                   │ Remote sensing    │                │              │                             ║
╟───────────────┼─────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────┼────────────────┼──────────────┼─────────────────────────────╢
║ 03.FEB.2012   │ 0:04 UT             │ Navid-e Elm-o Sana'at             │ Remote sensing    │ Safir-e Navid  │ IKSLC LC-1   │                             ║
║               │                     │ (Promise of Science and Industry) │                   │                │              │                             ║
║               │                     │                                   │                   │                │              │                             ║
╟───────────────┼─────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────┼────────────────┼──────────────┼─────────────────────────────╢
║ 02.FEB.2015   │ 08:50 UT            │ Fajr (Dawn)                       │ Remote sensing    │ Safir-e Fajr   │ IKSLC LC-1   │ Satellite designed with a   ║
║               │                     │                                   │                   │                │              │ lifetime of 1.5 year,       ║
║               │                     │                                   │                   │                │              │ decayed on February 26,     ║
║               │                     │                                   │                   │                │              │ after 23.8 days in orbit    ║
║               │                     │                                   │                   │                │              │ apparently without using    ║
║               │                     │                                   │                   │                │              │ the cold-gas thruster.      ║
╟───────────────┼─────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────┼────────────────┼──────────────┼─────────────────────────────╢
║ 22 April 2020 │ 8:28:58 Tehran      │ Noor-1 (Light)                    │ Military          │ Qased-1-e-Noor │ ISSLC LC-1   │ First IRGC satellite launch ║
║               │ (03:59:58 UTC)      │                                   │                   │                │              │                             ║
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║                                                Iranian manned suborbital milestones                                                                ║
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║ Date        │ Time            │ Mission                │ Payload                 │ Class             │ Launcher │ Space Center │ Altitude │ Remark ║
╟─────────────┼─────────────────┼────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┼───────────────────┼──────────┼──────────────┼──────────┼────────╢
║ NOV 2006    │                 │ Kavoshgar-Class A (I)  │ Science                 │ A Sounding rocket │ M5       │              │ 10 km    │ [1]    ║
║             │                 │ (Explorer-1)           │                         │                   │          │              │          │        ║
╟─────────────┼─────────────────┼────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┼───────────────────┼──────────┼──────────────┼──────────┼────────╢
║ DEC 2008    │                 │ Kavoshgar-Class B (II) │ Science                 │ B Sounding rocket │ N6       │              │ 40 km    │ [2]    ║
╟─────────────┼─────────────────┼────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┼───────────────────┼──────────┼──────────────┼──────────┼────────╢
║ 01 FEB 2010 │ 14:00 Tehran    │ Kavoshgar-Class B (III)│ Mice, turtles and worms │ B Biocapsule      │ N6       │              │ 55 km    │ [3]    ║
╟─────────────┼─────────────────┼────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┼───────────────────┼──────────┼──────────────┼──────────┼────────╢
║ 15 MAR 2011 │                 │ Kavoshgar-Class C (IV) │ Dummy                   │ C Biocapsule      │ K110     │              │ 135 km   │ [4]    ║
╟─────────────┼─────────────────┼────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┼───────────────────┼──────────┼──────────────┼──────────┼────────╢
║ 07 SEP 2011 │                 │ Kavoshgar-Class C (V)  │ Macaca mulatta          │ C Biocapsule      │ K110     │              │ 120 km   │ [5]    ║
╟─────────────┼─────────────────┼────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┼───────────────────┼──────────┼──────────────┼──────────┼────────╢
║ 08 SEP 2012 │ 07:58:16 Tehran │ Kavoshgar-Class C (VI) │ Macaca mulatta          │ C Biocapsule      │ K110     │              │ 120 km   │ [6]    ║
╟─────────────┼─────────────────┼────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┼───────────────────┼──────────┼──────────────┼──────────┼────────╢
║ 28 JAN 2013 │                 │ Kavoshgar-Class C      │ Macaca mulatta          │ C Biocapsule      │ K110     │ IKSLC LC-1   │ 120 km   │ [7]    ║
║             │                 │ (Pishgam: Pioneer)     │                         │                   │          │              │          │        ║
╟─────────────┼─────────────────┼────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┼───────────────────┼──────────┼──────────────┼──────────┼────────╢
║ 14 DEC 2013 │                 │ Kavoshgar-7            │ Macaca mulatta          │ D Biocapsule      │ Shahab 1 │ IKSLC LC-1   │ 120 km   │ [8]    ║
║             │                 │ (Pazhuhesh: Research)  │                         │                   │          │              │          │        ║
╟─────────────┼─────────────────┼────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┼───────────────────┼──────────┼──────────────┼──────────┼────────╢
║ JUN 2021    │                 │ Kavoshgar-9            │ Dummy                   │ 3/4 scale E1      │ Shahab 1 │ IKSLC        │          │        ║
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1. Entering the field of space probe; Failed
2. Successfully completed with recovery of payload
3. Primary biospace research; http://www.ari.ac.ir/index.php/component/content/article/75-1390-02-21-04-01-51/198--3.html;  
   http://www.pmiran.at/UNOOSA/PDF%20of%20Pioneer%20Project%20%28pishgam%29.pdf
4. Biocapsule test and payload recovery
5. The first launch of a space monkey, images and biological data transmitted; The mission was a relative success, in which data of the environment 
   and biocapsule were transmitted to the ground. Data shows that until the landing, vital signs were acceptable (Did not survive). Failure; 
   http://www.kavoshgar.ari.ac.ir/index.php/iran-exploration-history/kavoshgar-5.html
6. Relative success and quick location of biocapsule landing site; Images and biological data received;  
   http://www.kavoshgar.ari.ac.ir/index.php/iran-exploration-history/kavoshgar-6.html; Failed
7. First  Macaca mullata named Aftab (or Sunlight); 
   http://web.archive.org/web/20130131095136/http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/01/28/285996/iran-sends-living-creature-into-space/ ; https://archive.ph/m6SVB  
8. Second Macaca mulatta named Fargam (or Auspicious); 
   http://web.archive.org/web/20131216232759/http://english.irib.ir/radioculture/sci-tech/item/171462-iran-launches-%E2%80%98kavoshgar-7%E2%80%99-satellite-into-space ; https://archive.ph/956eu

http://web.archive.org/web/20131219103926/http://www.kavoshgar.ari.ac.ir/index.php/iran-exploration-history.html ; https://archive.ph/aM0A2

Background: Dual space race

The Iranian space program is actively competing in the regional level with neighboring nations of the Middle East to achieve scientific and technological advancements in space. In addition, Iran is a contender in the ongoing race among all the major Muslim nations to be the pre-eminent power in space.

Majors contenders include Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, Syria and Iraq.

Inter-Muslim space race's outcome

Date Time (Moscow) Nation Satellite Launcher Space Center Outcome
02.FEB.2009 ~18:33-18:36:40 UTC Iran Omid (or Hope) Safir-e Omid IKSLC LC-1 First satellite successfully placed into orbit by a Muslim launcher
XX.XX.XXXX XX:XX Iraq Altair Alabid XXXX Terminated after the US invasion of Iraq in the 2003s
XX.XX.XXXX XX:XX Pakistan XX Taimur XXXX Terminated since the 2001s war in Pakistan
XX.XX.XXXX XX:XX Indonesia XX RPS-01 XXXX Delayed
XX.XX.XXXX XX:XX Turkey XX UFS XXXX On hold since the 2011s war in Syria
XX.XX.XXXX XX:XX Algeria XX XXX XXXX On hold since the 1992s civil war, periodic reports
XX.XX.XXXX XX:XX Egypt XX Al Kaher XXXX Terminated
XX.XX.XXXX XX:XX Lebanon XX Cedar XXXX Terminated since the 1967 Six-Day War
XX.XX.XXXX XX:XX United Arab Emirates XX XXX XXXX No planned space launcher
XX.XX.XXXX XX:XX Saudi Arabia XX XXX XXXX No planned space launcher

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║ Date        │ Time                │ Nation               │ Satellite      │ Launcher     │ Space Center │ Outcome                      ║
╟─────────────┼─────────────────────┼──────────────────────┼────────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────────────────────╢
║ 02 FEB 2009 │ ~18:33-18:36:40 UTC │ Iran                 │ Omid (or Hope) │ Safir-e Omid │  IKSLC LC-1  │ First satellite successfully ║
║             │                     │                      │                │              │              │ placed into orbit by a       ║
║             │                     │                      │                │              │              │ Muslim nation                ║
╟─────────────┼─────────────────────┼──────────────────────┼────────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────────────────────╢
║             │                     │ Iraq                 │  Altair        │  Alabid      │              │ Terminated after the US      ║
║             │                     │                      │                │              │              │ invasion of Iraq             ║
║             │                     │                      │                │              │              │ in the 2003s                 ║
╟─────────────┼─────────────────────┼──────────────────────┼────────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────────────────────╢
║             │                     │ Pakistan             │                │ Taimur       │              │ Terminated since the         ║
║             │                     │                      │                │              │              │ 2001s war in Pakistan        ║
╟─────────────┼─────────────────────┼──────────────────────┼────────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────────────────────╢
║             │                     │ Indonesia            │                │ RPS-01       │              │ Slowed down                  ║
╟─────────────┼─────────────────────┼──────────────────────┼────────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────────────────────╢
║             │                     │ Turkey               │                │ UFS          │              │ Slowed down since the        ║
║             │                     │                      │                │              │              │ 2011s war in Syria           ║
╟─────────────┼─────────────────────┼──────────────────────┼────────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────────────────────╢
║             │                     │ Algeria              │                │              │              │ On hold since                ║
║             │                     │                      │                │              │              │ the 1992s civil war,         ║
║             │                     │                      │                │              │              │ periodic reports             ║
╟─────────────┼─────────────────────┼──────────────────────┼────────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────────────────────╢
║             │                     │ Egypt                │                │ Al Kaher     │              │ Terminated                   ║
╟─────────────┼─────────────────────┼──────────────────────┼────────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────────────────────╢
║             │                     │ Lebanon              │                │ Cedar        │              │ Terminated since             ║
║             │                     │                      │                │              │              │ the 1967 Six-Day War         ║
╟─────────────┼─────────────────────┼──────────────────────┼────────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────────────────────╢
║             │                     │ United Arab Emirates │                │              │              │ No planned                   ║
║             │                     │                      │                │              │              │ space launcher               ║
╟─────────────┼─────────────────────┼──────────────────────┼────────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────────────────────╢
║             │                     │ Saudi Arabia         │                │              │              │ No planned                   ║
║             │                     │                      │                │              │              │ space launcher               ║
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04/02/2015 |

The national space program represents a significant step in the country’s ultra-modern scientific and technological progress, making Iran the first Muslim nation in the world to build and launch state-of-the-art satellites into orbit in order to monitor and aid natural disaster management programs and develop telecommunications, added the paper.

http://www3.irna.ir/en/News/81492464/

Regional space race's outcome

Several Middle Eastern and Asian spacefaring rival powers with space launcher capabilities are now allowed to further compete for the supremacy in the field of human spaceflight capability.

Date Time (Moscow) Nation Mission Type Astronaut Spacecraft Launcher Space Center Outcome
XX.XX.XXXX XX:XX Iran Kavoshgar-X Suborbital XX E1 Safir-1 IKSLC LC-X Announced for 2016
XX.XX.XXXX XX:XX India XX Orbital XX Orbital Vehicle GSLV Mk III Satish Dhawan Space Center Postponed to after 2023-2027; http://www.bangaloremirror.com/bang...near-future-or-never/articleshow/50034034.cms
XX.XX.XXXX XX:XX X XX XX XX XX XXX XXXX X

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║ ~2024 │      │ Iran   │ Kavoshgar-15 │ Suborbital │           │ E1         │ Safir-1     │ IKSLC LC-1                 │ Announced ║
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║ ~2024 │      │ India  │ Gaganyaan-3  │ Orbital    │           │ Gaganyaan  │ GSLV Mk III │ Satish Dhawan Space Center │ Announced ║
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N_Molson · Apr 6, 2015

Interesting, a modern Mercury.

boogabooga · Apr 6, 2015

Here is a good overview.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkGqjSFJN-4

Hopefully, the people fare better than the monkey.

Delta glider · Apr 6, 2015

It feels like 1961 (I was not around).

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N_Molson said:
Interesting, a modern Mercury.

Agreed.

Urwumpe · Apr 6, 2015

N_Molson said:
Interesting, a modern Mercury.

If they could find some tiny astronauts, they could be done in a day.

Soheil_Esy · Apr 7, 2015

Part 3

Current Iranian Space Activities Part 1

Iran space program over $100 million in spending

Feb 14, 2014

Global Spending on Space Decreases for First Time in 20 Years

+ 19 countries recorded over $100 million in spending: the UK, Canada, Brazil, Spain, South Korea, Belgium, Kazakhstan, the UAE, Argentina, Mexico, Australia, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Turkey, Sweden, Israel, Nigeria, Iran, and Norway.

http://www.spacemart.com/reports/Global_Spending_on_Space_Decreases_for_First_Time_in_20_Years_999.html

Timeline
http://anjoman.tebyan.net/newmobile.aspx?pid=17257&threadid=297821

English caption
http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/bitr.../show_file.php?fid=30934&width=500&height=500
http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/forum12/topic12120/?PAGEN_1=4

Iranian satellites in development

Date Time (Moscow) Payload Class Launcher Space Center Launchpad Remarks
TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD
TBD TBD AUTSAT 1 (Amir-Kabir 1) Telecommunications Simorgh (Safir-2A) IKSLC LC-2 Development of AUT SAT began in January 2010 by Iranian scientists at Amir Kabir University of Technology. It weighs 100 kilograms. It is expected to have a lifespan of two years. http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13940116001016; But 50 to 60 kg and Safir-1 SLV according to other source: http://jamejamonline.ir/online/998220970283024381
TBD TBD A-Test TBD TBD TBD TBD
TBD TBD Ayat Earthquake Prediction sat TBD TBD TBD Disaster monitoring satellite, to identify the signals sent out from the earth before or after the earthquake, mass of 50-70 kg to be placed in LEO. http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1367661&page=31 ; http://www.mashreghnews.ir/fa/news/309633/ماهواره-زلزله-شناسی-ایران-به-فضا-می-رود
TBD TBD Besharat TBD TBD TBD TBD Constructed by Iran and some other Islamic countries (2008-08-20) http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/20/content_9559952.htm
TBD TBD Dosti (or Friendship) Remote sensing TBD TBD TBD Unveiled on 3 February 2016, with 50 kg mass, to be launched by year end; http://www.mashreghnews.ir/fa/news/531224/رونمایی-از-ماهواره-دوستی-با-حضور-رئیس-جمهورعکس
TBD TBD IranBus 150 Remote sensing Simorgh (Safir-2A) IKSLC LC-2 Revealed on the occasion of the 2016 Kish Air Show, the new "Iran platform Bus 150" ( "پلتفرم ایران باس 150") multi-spectral remote sensing satellite, with resolution of 1.5 meters, orbit of 600 km and 55 degreees inclination to be launched by Safir-2 SLV. Life time of 3 years, Dimensions: 110 - 110 -130 cm. It is the largest satellite made in Iran. http://www.mashreghnews.ir/fa/news/...واره-جدید-ایرانی-با-تکنولوژی-همسطح-ایرباس-عکس
TBD TBD Iransat-1 Telecommunication TBD TBD TBD To pave the way for a final (2017 - 2018) version of GEO Commercial Telecom satellite
TBD TBD Iransat-2 Telecommunication TBD TBD TBD To pave the way for a final (2017 - 2018) version of GEO Commercial Telecom satellite
TBD TBD Khaleej-e Fars (or Persian Gulf) Telecommunication Safir 1C IKSLC LC-2 Designed and manufactured by researchers of Malek Ashtar University of Technology; data protection and encryption; will be used in the event of emergencies and natural disasters.; military communication satellite http://www.military.ir/forums/topic/23183-موشک-ماهواره-بر-سوخت-جامد-قائم-شهيد-طهرانی-مقدم/page-33
TBD TBD Masud-1 TBD TBD TBD TBD
TBD TBD Masud-2 TBD TBD TBD TBD
Cancelled TBD Mesbah-1 (or Lantern) Remote sensing Kosmos-3M Plesetsk TBD In February 2003, Iran and the Italian Carlo Gavazzi Space Co. agreed to cooperate on the construction of two Mesbah spacecrafts. First displayed in 2005, scheduled to be launched by the end of 2005 then March 2006 by Russia with a Kosmos-3M from Plesetsk. Rescheduled to be launched by India. Because of the sanctions, the Mesbah satellite has been held under seizure by Italy for three years. As of October 2015, Iran is to reclaim the satellite seized by Italy. Then Iran will follow up on its previous talks with such countries as Russia and India which are capable of launching satellites. http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/10/04/431873/Iran-Mesbah-satellite
TBD TBD Mesbah 2 Telecommunication Simorgh (Safir-2A) IKSLC LC-2 Launch initially scheduled for 2011
TBD TBD Nahid-1 (or Venus-1) Telecommunication Safir-?? IKSLC LC-? Unveiled in Tehran marking the National Day of Space Technology on February, 01, 2017; To be launched into orbit by the year end; http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13951113000454
TBD TBD Nahid-2 (or Venus-2) Telecommunication Simorgh (Safir-2A) IKSLC LC-2 Nahid 2 is a telecommunication satellite which weighs 100kg and will have a life endurance of 2 years; http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13951113000454
TBD TBD Nasir-1 Navigation TBD TBD TBD Designed by K. N. Toosi University of Technology
TBD TBD PARS TBD Simorgh (Safir-2A) IKSLC LC-2 To be launched with more powerful launcher; http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13931112001397
TBD TBD Pars 2 Remote sensing TBD TBD TBD 5 m resolution; ready for launch in 4 years (1.02.2012) thus by 2016
TBD TBD Payam-e-Amirkabir (or Amirkabir’s message) Remote sensing Safir-?? IKSLC LC-? Unveiled in Tehran marking the National Day of Space Technology on February, 01, 2017. Payam-e Amir Kabir has been designed and built in Amir Kabir University of Technology and is capable of taking images with a precision better than 40 meters; http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13951113000454
TBD TBD Rasad-2 Remote sensing TBD TBD TBD
TBD TBD Sharif Sat Remote sensing Safir-1B IKSLC LC-1 It weighs less than 50 kilograms and is planned to be placed between 350 kilometers (217 miles) and 500 kilometers LEO; image resolution of 12.5 m; launch initially announced for 2012. http://www.mashreghnews.ir/fa/news/124127/ماهواره-دانشگاه-شریف-امسال-پرتاب-می-شود
TBD TBD Sharif Sat 2 TBD TBD TBD TBD Developed by Sharif University of Technology, in November 2014 it was announced awaiting launch; http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13940204000302
TBD TBD Sepehr TBD TBD TBD TBD Possible partnership with Russia
TBD TBD SM2S TBD TBD TBD TBD A multi-purpose satellite cooperation between Iran, China, South Korea and Thailand.
TBD TBD SRISAT Telecommunication Safir-1B IKSLC LC-1 SRISAT weighs 47kg and is supposed to be launched to elliptical orbit 250 x 375 km and will remain there for 2 months. It uses GPS receiver and Ranging transmitter to determine its location and speed; http://www.mashreghnews.ir/fa/news/...-ایرانی-که-پوستی-چون-نسل-آینده-آیفون-دارد-عکس
TBD TBD Tadbir (Navid-2 or Prudence) Remote sensing Safir-1B IKSLC LC-1 Navid 2 satellite was renamed Tadbir by the eleventh government (President Rouhani's government); spatial resolution of 100 meters, uses global positioning system signals (GPS) to determine its position in space.
TBD TBD Tolou (or Sunrise) Remote sensing Simorgh (Safir-2A) IKSLC LC-2 Tolou weighting about 100 kg with a life span of over 1.5 year, to be launched to a 500 km orbit; image resolution of 25 m http://www.isna.ir/fa/news/94071509947/تاسیس-پایگاه-پرتاب-ماهواره-امام-خمینی-تکمیل
TBD TBD Zafar (or Triumph) Remote sensing Simorgh (Safir-2A) IKSLC LC-2 Zafar will reportedly have a lifespan of 1.5 year with a resolution of 80 meters; weighs 90 kilograms; 500 to 750km LEO; will prepare the ground for two other reconnaissance satellites. But Geostationary orbit from this source: http://www.mashreghnews.ir/fa/news/275237/پرتاب-ماهواره-نوید-2-با-نام-تدبیر ; Zafar can monitor oil reserves, mining, forestry study to evaluate the saline and alkaline soils, pests and the use of imaging study used to assess natural disasters. http://www.irna.ir/html/1392/13920715/80849571.htm
TBD TBD Zafar-2 (or Triumph 2) Remote sensing Simorgh (Safir-2A) IKSLC LC-2 07 October 2013: to be launched next year, designed orbital life of 1.5 years. The satellite weighing 90 kg has a color spectrum camera, GPS receivers; can receive and send data connection to 256 users. http://www.irna.ir/html/1392/13920715/80849571.htm ; Developed by University of Science and Technology, to be launched into geostationary orbit http://www.mashreghnews.ir/fa/news/275237/%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D9%8
TBD TBD Zohreh-1 Telecommunication TBD TBD TBD In January 2005, Iran has concluded a contract with the Federal Space Agency of Russia and JSC Aviaexport. Manufactured by Krasnoyarsk NPO Reshetnev; launch initially scheduled for 2007.; Submission by the Administration of Iran regarding the ZOHREH-1 satellite network (2012-10-25): https://www.itu.int/md/R12-RRB.12.3-C-0003/en
TBD TBD Zohreh-2 TBD TBD TBD TBD Iran planned to build a total of 7 Zohreh satellites for television, telephone, transmission and communication; http://lt.cjdby.net/thread-1325364-1-1.html
TBD TBD Zohreh-3 TBD TBD TBD TBD
TBD TBD Zohreh-4 TBD TBD TBD TBD
TBD TBD Zohreh-5 TBD TBD TBD TBD
TBD TBD Zohreh-6 TBD TBD TBD TBD
TBD TBD Zohreh-7 TBD TBD TBD TBD
TBD TBD ZS4 TBD TBD TBD TBD Possible partnership with Russia
TBD TBD TBD TV satellite TBD TBD TBD Iran plans to launch into space a GEO telecommunications TV satellite, with 60 channels, by 2018,
TBD TBD TBD Reconnaissance TBD TBD TBD Military radar observation reconnaissance sat. Will use an Aperture Radar. This sat is under construction in a classified research site in defense ministry labs
TBD TBD TBD Remote sensing TBD TBD TBD Oct 31, 2015: Iran University of Science and Technology and Russia's Kazan Federal University have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to start joint research projects, including satellites construction and launch; http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13940809000714
TBD TBD TBD Remote sensing TBD TBD TBD Sep 07, 2015 : Iranian and European companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the joint manufacturing of a remote sensing satellite. The remote sensing satellite will be jointly designed and built and Sahfa Mahvareh company will take its control after being launched into the space; http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13940616000820
TBD TBD TBD Navigation TBD TBD TBD Fazeli said the country aims to deploy positioning satellites; Fazeli disclosed plans to send positioning satellites to 20,000 kilometers orbit; http://www.mashreghnews.ir/fa/news/345493/پرتاب-ماهواره-تلویزیونی-60کاناله-تا-سال97
TBD TBD TBD Lunar orbiter TBD TBD TBD Various conflicting reports
TBD TBD TBD Space Telescope TBD TBD TBD 8 October 2014: prototype phase; http://www.mashreghnews.ir/fa/news/...هور-فناوری-فضایی-جزییات-دستاوردهای-فضایی-کشور
TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

Bringing into use of satellite network frequency assignments

Satellite Long_nom Date of receipt of the notice Date of bringing into use Status Expiry Date for Bringing Into Use Remarks
ZOHREH-2 26 23.06.2012 07.06.1995 Confirmed brought into use
ZOHREH-2 26 23.06.2012 08.02.2010 Confirmed brought into use
ZOHREH-2 26 23.06.2012 14.07.2010 Confirmed brought into use
MESBAH N-GSO 08.04.2007 18.04.2008 Confirmed brought into use
IRNDBS-2 26 27.03.2006 26.03.2006 Confirmed brought into use
FAJR N-GSO 22.09.2011 01.04.2012 Not yet confirmed 03.01.2018 Launch confirmed on 02.FEB.2015, thus possibly meaning an orbital disfunction
TOLU-1 N-GSO 13.08.2012 01.05.2014 Not yet confirmed 06.04.2018
SHARIFSAT N-GSO 27.11.2012 05.11.2015 Not yet confirmed 15.09.2017
KHALIJEFARS N-GSO 08.06.2015 11.02.2016 Not yet confirmed 23.07.2021
KIYASAT N-GSO 17.11.2015 21.01.2016 Not yet confirmed 03.02.2022
TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

https://www.itu.int/net/ITU-R/space/snl/listinuse/index.asp

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║ Satellite Name │ Long_nom │ Date of bringing │ Status                     │ Expiry Date for   ║
║                │          │ into use         │                            │ Bringing Into Use ║
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║ NAHID          │ N-GSO    │ 22.09.2017       │ Not yet confirmed          │ 10.10.2023        ║
╟────────────────┼──────────┼──────────────────┼────────────────────────────┼───────────────────╢
║ MESBAH         │ N-GSO    │ 18.04.2008       │ Confirmed brought into use │                   ║
╟────────────────┼──────────┼──────────────────┼────────────────────────────┼───────────────────╢
║ IRNDBS-2       │ 26       │ 26.03.2006       │ Confirmed brought into use │                   ║
╟────────────────┼──────────┼──────────────────┼────────────────────────────┼───────────────────╢
║ IRN-ERS-1      │ N-GSO    │ 15.02.2021       │ Not yet confirmed          │ 11.12.2025        ║
╟────────────────┼──────────┼──────────────────┼────────────────────────────┼───────────────────╢
║ KHALIJEFARS    │ N-GSO    │ 11.02.2016       │ Not yet confirmed          │ 23.07.2021        ║
╟────────────────┼──────────┼──────────────────┼────────────────────────────┼───────────────────╢
║ KIYASAT        │ N-GSO    │ 21.01.2016       │ Not yet confirmed          │ 03.02.2022        ║
╟────────────────┼──────────┼──────────────────┼────────────────────────────┼───────────────────╢
║ DOUSTI         │ N-GSO    │ 20.03.2019       │ Not yet confirmed          │ 08.11.2024        ║
╟────────────────┼──────────┼──────────────────┼────────────────────────────┼───────────────────╢
║ AUTSAT         │ N-GSO    │ 08.10.2023       │ Not yet confirmed          │ 08.10.2023        ║
╟────────────────┼──────────┼──────────────────┼────────────────────────────┼───────────────────╢
║ IRANSAT-43.5E  │ 43.5     │ 15.06.2017       │ Confirmed brought into use │                   ║
╟────────────────┼──────────┼──────────────────┼────────────────────────────┼───────────────────╢
║ ZOHREH-2       │ 26       │ 07.06.1995       │ Confirmed brought into use │                   ║
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http://web.archive.org/web/20210429154800/https://www.itu.int/net/ITU-R/space/snl/listinuse/index.asp?sel_satname=&sel_orbit_from=&sel_orbit_to=&sel_adm=&sel_org=&sel_date_from=&sel_date_to=&sel_sns_id=&sel_prov=&sel_rec=&mod=asc&order=adm&npage=7
https://archive.ph/DzG6s

Delta glider · Apr 7, 2015

Whoa, have not had time to read all that though. :thumbup:

Just :hail: :probe:

.

Soheil_Esy · Apr 7, 2015

Part 4

Current Iranian Space Activities Part 2

Inter-Muslim lunar space race

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║                           Inter-Muslim lunar space race                            ║
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║ Nation               │ Lunar Orbiter │ Lunar Impactor │ Lunar Lander │ Lunar Rover ║
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║ Iran                 │ 2022          │                │ 2026?        │             ║
╟──────────────────────┼───────────────┼────────────────┼──────────────┼─────────────╢
║ Turkey               │               │ 2023           │ 2028         │             ║
╟──────────────────────┼───────────────┼────────────────┼──────────────┼─────────────╢
║ United Arab Emirates │               │                │              │ 2022        ║
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Regional lunar space race

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║ Nation               │ Lunar Orbiter │ Lunar Impactor │ Lunar Lander │ Lunar Rover ║
╟──────────────────────┼───────────────┼────────────────┼──────────────┼─────────────╢
║ India                │ 8 NOV 2008    │ 7 SEP 2019     │ 2022         │ 2022        ║
╟──────────────────────┼───────────────┼────────────────┼──────────────┼─────────────╢
║ Israel               │               │ 4 APR 2019     │ 2024         │             ║
╟──────────────────────┼───────────────┼────────────────┼──────────────┼─────────────╢
║ Iran                 │ 2022          │                │ 2026?        │             ║
╟──────────────────────┼───────────────┼────────────────┼──────────────┼─────────────╢
║ Turkey               │               │ 2023           │ 2028         │             ║
╟──────────────────────┼───────────────┼────────────────┼──────────────┼─────────────╢
║ United Arab Emirates │               │                │              │ 2022        ║
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Iran's Manned Space Race For The 4th Place

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║ Mission │ Launch date                                   │ Altitude          │ Crew                   │ Spacecraft   │ Launcher  ║
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║ Iran 1  │ First half of 2021                            │ Suborbital 190 km │ Dummy                  │ Kavoshgar-9  │ Shahab-1  ║
╟─────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────┼────────────────────────┼──────────────┼───────────╢
║ Iran 2  │ Mid-2021                                      │ Suborbital 190 km │ Dummy                  │ Kavoshgar-10 │ Safir-1D  ║
╟─────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────┼────────────────────────┼──────────────┼───────────╢
║ Iran 3  │ First half of 2022                            │ Suborbital 190 km │ Dummy                  │ Kavoshgar-11 │ Safir-1D  ║
╟─────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────┼────────────────────────┼──────────────┼───────────╢
║ Iran 4  │ Mid-2022                                      │ Suborbital 190 km │ Dummy                  │ Kavoshgar-12 │ Safir-1D  ║
╟─────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────┼────────────────────────┼──────────────┼───────────╢
║ Iran 5  │ First half of 2023                            │ Suborbital 190 km │ Dummy                  │ Kavoshgar-13 │ Safir-1D  ║
╟─────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────┼────────────────────────┼──────────────┼───────────╢
║ Iran 6  │ Mid-2023                                      │ Suborbital 190 km │ Dummy                  │ Kavoshgar-14 │ Safir-1D  ║
╟─────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────┼────────────────────────┼──────────────┼───────────╢
║ Iran 7  │ 11 February 2024                              │ Suborbital 190 km │ Iran's first astronaut │ Kavoshgar-15 │ Safir-1D  ║
║         │ Anniversary of the Islamic Revolution Victory │                   │                        │              │           ║
║         │ (Yekshanbeh, 22 Bahman 1402)                  │                   │                        │              │           ║
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Cosmic Penguin · Apr 7, 2015

Soheil_Esy said:

Estes models are cheap...but where's the real flight model? :dry: :facts:

Soheil_Esy · Apr 7, 2015

Part 5

Iran's Space Organizations

2015

Supreme Space Council (SSC)

Article 9 of the Law for Tasks and Authorizations of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology established the Iranian Space Agency in February 2004 as an autonomous organization mandated to implement those strategies authorized by the Space Supreme Council (SSC), which was legitimized following the endorsement of this law. Based on its approved statute, ISA was mandated to cover and support all the activities in Iran relating to the peaceful applications of space science and technology under the leadership of the SSC, as chaired by the President of the state, who was at that time Muhammad Khatami. 39 The SSC met for the fi rst time on July 20, 2005. Its main goals included: policy-making for the application of space technologies; manufacturing; launching and the use of national research satellites; approving space-related state and private sector programs; promoting partnerships in private and cooperative sectors for the effi cient use of space; and identifying guidelines for regional and international cooperation in space activities. But the SSC was dissolved in August 2007 and since its reestablishment in September 2008 it has not been legitimized by parliament. ISA was responsible to the secretariat of the SSC in Tehran during the period of its legitimate activity.

Iranian Space Agency (ISA)

In addition to its policy-making role, ISA is the only national (governmental) space agency of Iran mandated to promote and participate in the civilian and peaceful applications of space science and technology. Practically, ISA is involved in conducting engineering and research in the fi elds of aerospace such as satellite development, communications and remote sensing. It was created in February 2004 by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology to operate under the supervision of the Supreme Space Council chaired by the President of Iran, as specifi ed in a 2005 statute. However, in 2007 the SSC was dissolved, and in 2008 a new statute was passed in which the ISA president was legally the deputy minister at MCIT. Prior to the approval of the 2008 statute, ISA was responsible for implementing the space policy set by the SSC based on the 2005 statute. Then on September 29, 2010, ISA was annexed to the Presidential Institution by the Iranian Administrational Supreme Council.
The agency is presently responsible for the execution of the space policy throughout the country. While its headquarters are located in Tehran, its subordinates are spread around the capital and other cities such as Karaj, Tabriz, Shiraz, Isfahan, Semnan, Chabahar, Gheshm and Mashhad.

Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology (IROST)

The Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology was approved and ratified by the Revolutionary Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran and established in 1980.
Located in Tehran, it is a comprehensive science policy research center directly attached to the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology. It is engaged in the development of strategies, policies, research and development systems, management, foresight and evaluation of related science and technology development and economic progress. Its main goal is to support the development of technology through research and development at the national level. To achieve this goal, IROST offers scientific, technical, fi nancial, legal, administrative, and cultural support to applicants. It creates conditions conducive to efficient, effective interaction between the demand for, and supply of technology. It thereby provides fertile grounds for creativity and innovation in applying the results of research, and commercializing in a competitive environment the technologies derived from research and development. One of the six institutes of the organization is the Aerospace Mechanics Group of the Mechanics Institute. This is responsible for important projects such as the design and construction of the Mesbah satellite.

Electrical and Computer Science Engineering Department (ECEDEP)

The Electrical and Computer Science Engineering Department was established in 1980 as an IROST subdivision to support researchers and talented people. Its objectives include the accomplishment of research, applicable semi-industrial projects, compiling technical knowledge and transferring this to industry. Based in Tehran, it has a Space Technology Group that works on satellite payloads, ground stations, and space applications. A number of technology laboratories are associated with the Space Technology Center of ECEDEP, including the Satellite Signal Processing and Data Center, the Space Battery Laboratory, the Space Simulator, the Solar Cell Test Bed, the Space Quality Assurance, the Telemetry and Telecommand (TMTC) Laboratory, the Space Software Test-bed, the Telemedicine Laboratory, the Space Sensor, Monitoring and Control Laboratory, the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Laboratory and the Electrical Ground Support Equipment (EGSE) Laboratory.

Applied Science and Research Association (ASRA)

ASRA is subordinated to the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Khajeh Nasir-e Tusi University of Technology in Tehran, and functions as the Iranian member of the Inter-Islamic Network on Space Sciences and Technology (ISNET).

The General Office of the Space Services and Remote Sensing of ISA

The General Office of the Space Services and Remote Sensing of the Iranian Space Agency currently performs the official tasks of the former Iranian Remote Sensing Center (IRSC).
There is an office for remote sensing located at ISA headquarters in Tehran, but the agency’s remote sensing facilities are at the Alborz Space Center (ASC), which consists of the Mahdasht Satellite Receiving Station (MSRS), an observatory, and various communication systems and satellite ground systems. The National Data Archive and the Remote Sensing National Laboratory are being developed at ASC. In addition, for around a decade in the 1970s and 1980s, MSRS hosted the headquarters of the Iranian Remote Sensing Center.

http://www.springer.com/cda/content/document/cda_downloaddocument/9783319053462-c1.pdf

Aerospace Industries and Companies

2015

Ghods Research Center

Located near Tehran, the Ghods Research Center, also known as Ghods Aviation Industries, is an Iranian aviation manufacturing company created in 1985. It makes pilotless aircraft, including the Ababil, Saegheh, Talash and Mohajer, as well as powered paragliders and other products. It has also developed a variety of parachutes, including free-fall personal parachutes, Strato Cloud parachutes, Ofogh parachutes, and Fakhteh parachutes. Its many services include the design and manufacture of ground control station electronics, imagery, targeting, and optical tracking and aviation systems.

Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO) of Iran

The Aerospace Industries Organization of Iran, Sazemane Sanaye-e Hava-Faza, known as SSH, is located in Tehran. It is a leading high-tech industry and military subsidiary of the Sanam Industrial Group, which is Department 140 of the Defense Industries Organization of the Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL). Its products include the Shahab ballistic missile, launchers, rocket and booster propellants and components. It also supplies non-military items and services such as fuel pumps, technical and engineering services, and research and development. AIO is the obvious organization to lead the development and production of the space assets of Iran. It manages a number of factories and research centers, including the Missile Center of Saltanat-Abad, the Vanak Missile Center, the Parchin Missile Industries factories, the Bagheri base factories 1-3, the Tabriz Bakeri base factory, the Bakeri Missile Industries factory, the Hemmat Missile Industries factory, the Bagh Shian (Almehdi) Missile Industries, the Shah-Abadi Industrial Complex, the Khojir Complex, the Bagherol-Olum Missile Research Center, the Mostafa Khomeini base factory, and the Ghadiri Base factory.

Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group (SHIG)

Based in Tehran, the Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group is subordinated to the Aerospace Industries Organization and has several divisions that are involved in the manufacture and operation of launch vehicles, such as Kalhor Industry (launchers), Karimi Industry (spares that transfer propellants to the engine and other parts of the launch vehicle), Cheraghi Industry (production of propellants), Rastegar Industry (launch vehicle engine production), Varamini Industry (launch vehicle guidance and control systems), and Movahed Industry (manufacturing and assembly of launch vehicles).

Iran Electronics Industries (IEI)

Known as the Sanaye Electronic-e Iran (SEI) in the Persian language and more famously as SAIran, Iran Electronics Industries was established in 1973. It is presently the country’s leading producer of electronic systems and related products. Its main office is located in Tehran. It has eight subsidiaries and around 5,200 experienced staff who are involved in manufacturing over 100 different electronic products. IEI is the largest electronics corporation in Iran, and about 65% of its personnel are highly trained engineers in various disciplines.
In the aerospace domain, it designs, develops, manufactures, tests and uses various types of research, remote sensing, and communications satellites in addition to various ground stations, including image receiving, telemetry, tracking and command (TT&C), flight control center (FCC) and user terminals (UT). SAIran designed and developed the fi rst indigenously produced satellite of Iran, named Omid, which was launched in February 2009. Its military products include telecommunications, electronic warfare, radars, optics, electro-optics and lasers, security and encryption, and command, control, communications, computers and intelligence (C4I). It also makes modern tactical communications systems in the HF, VHF and UHF ranges, and fi eld telephones and switchboards. Moreover, it designs, produces and develops a wide range of security systems in the field of Security of Communications and Information Technology. In optics and electro-optics, IEI makes thermal imagers, night vision systems, laser range finders, and the optics for daylight sights. Its subsidiaries include Shiraz Electronics Industries (electronic technology), Iran Communication Industries (communications technologies), Information Systems of Iran (information technologies), Electronic Components Industries (microelectronics), Isfahan Optics Industries (optics), Security of Telecommunications and Information Technology (communications security), the Iran Electronics Research Center (research and development) and the Iran Space Industries Group (manufacturing of satellites).

Iran Space Industries Group (ISIG)

Located in Tehran, the founding of the Iran Space Industries Group as a subordinated entity to IEI was announced on the occasion of the launch on February 4, 2008 of the Kavoshgar-1 rocket.

Shahid Bagheri Industrial Group (SBIG)
The Shahid Bagheri Industrial Group, also known as the Iran Technical Organization (IRTO), is part of the Defense Industries Organization (DIO) based in Tehran. It reportedly cooperated with Russia’s Baltic State Technical University and the Sanam Industries Group to create the Persepolis (Takht-e Jamshid) joint missile education center in Iran which transfers missile technology from the Russian Federation to Iran.

Telecommunication Company of Iran (TCI)

The Telecommunication Company of Iran is subordinate to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and has branches in almost every province. Its chief responsibility is the development and management of the country’s communications infrastructure, particularly using satellite-based and ground-based telecommunications.

Research Institute of Space Science and Technology (RISST), Amir-Kabir
University of Technology

The Research Institute of Space Science and Technology was created at the Amir-Kabir University of Technology (AUT) to meet Iran’s needs in designing, manufacturing and applying space products and space-related projects as approved by the Council of Higher Education Development with the support of the Iranian Space Agency.

Shahid Rezaie Research Institute (SRRI), Sharif University of Technology

The Shahid Rezaie Research Institute was affiliated with the Sharif University of Technology (SUT) in 1999 to undertake research designed to enable the country to achieve technological self-sufficiency in a variety of fields, including aerospace, and facilitate the entry of an educated young workforce to the work environment.

Space Research Center (SRC) of Iran

With the annexation of the Iranian Space Agency to the Presidential Institution in 2010, the Aerospace Research Institute (ARI) and the Agricultural Engineering Research Institute (AERI), the latter more usually called the Engineering Research Institute (ERI), came under the umbrella of the space agency and, together with the Space Research Institute (SRI) of ISA, formed the Space Research Center. The Aerospace Research Institute of Iran was renamed the Astronautics Research Institute (ARI), but still follows
its former functions when working under the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology. ARI was established in 2000 to conduct research into aerospace. It has pursued a range of activities in order to achieve the research needs of the country and to establish connections with related industries:

Located in Tehran, ARI has expanded research facilities and established an environment that is conducive for research. Its facilities include a parallel processing laboratory, an electronics laboratory, a virtual reality laboratory and an Information Technology Center. In addition it has construction and assembly plants and a library. 71 In line with the plan of the country to send astronauts into space by 2021, ARI has been conducting practical experiments on life in space by developing a space bio-capsule. It was the principal contributor to the development of the capsule in which a monkey was launched by a Kavoshgar rocket to an altitude of 120km on January 29, 2013, marking the fi rst time that Iran sent a primate into space.
The Space Research Institute (SRI) of the Iranian Space Agency was established in Tehran under the authorization of the Council of Higher Education Development in 2007 with the goal of meeting the research needs of the nation’s space technology industry. It is mainly in charge of developing the Masbah-2 satellite project.

http://www.springer.com/cda/content/document/cda_downloaddocument/9783319053462-c1.pdf

IRGC Aerospace Force

Until 2011, Brigadier General Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam, was deputy commander of the IRGC’s Aerospace Force and President of the Self Sufficiency Jihad Organisation (SSJO).

Seyyed Majid Musavi was deputy of IRGC Aerospace Force.

Iran's solid-fuel SLV was being developed by the Self-Sufficiency Jihad Organization (SSJO) in tandem with the IRGC Space Academy.

Soheil_Esy · Apr 7, 2015

Part 6

Iran's first space center: Imam Khomeini SLC Part 1

With a total of 3 known sites, run by either by ISA or IRGC, including one planned in South-East Chabahar, for GEO and manned SLC but still not completed as of 2021.

Imam Khomeini SLC is the first site run by the ISA.

Coordinates of the Mission Control

35°14'41.1"N, 53°56'06.2"E
35.244741°N, 53.935045°E

https://www.google.com/maps/place/3...3501,288m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0

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▲ 1. Imam Khomeini SLC Mission Control during an earlier Safir-1 launch.

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▲ 1. Imam Khomeini SLC Mission Control during an earlier Safir-2 launch.

Iran control & monitor & launching room Imam Khomeini Space center 1m31s
2 Feb 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSEmxBMgjLg

Coordinates of the Tracking Station (Unconfirmed)

35°13'32.9"N, 53°53'49.0"E
35.225815°N, 53.896953°E

https://www.google.com/maps/place/3...2593,287m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0

Coordinates of the Administrative Complex (Phase 1)

35°15'16.6"N, 53°54'00.7"E
35.254615°N, 53.900183°E

https://www.google.com/maps/place/3...4881,288m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0

Coordinates of the Administrative Complex (Phase 2; under construction)

35°15'12.0"N, 53°54'03.7"E
35.253339°N, 53.901016°E

https://www.google.com/maps/place/3...1892,342m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0

Coordinates of the Mission Support Complex

35°13'52.1"N, 53°53'27.7"E
35.231152°N, 53.891024°E

https://www.google.com/maps/place/3...9033,287m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0

Coordinates of the Rocket Assembly Building

35°14'54.0"N, 53°54'45.6"E
35.248328°N, 53.912669°E

https://www.google.com/maps/place/3...9747,287m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0

https://archive.ph/J2EbY/27066ad46d243a3b931983a2d9212464e46b1251.jpg ; https://archive.ph/J2EbY/a1e17453db94e6d4e7f3da91503dc748a74600e7/scr.png ; http://web.archive.org/web/20200204163641/https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1398/11/08/13981108130218841195159210.jpg
▲ 1. Horizontal Rocket Assembly Building.

Coordinates of the Launch Complex 1 (Safir-1 SLV, Zoljanah-1 SLV)

35°14'04.7"N, 53°55'15.4"E
35.234625°N, 53.920944°E

https://www.google.com/maps/place/3...=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0!10m2!1e2!2e12

Soheil_Esy · Apr 9, 2015

Part 7

Iran's first space center: Imam Khomeini SLC Part 2

Coordinates of the Launch Complex 2 (Safir-2 SLV)

35°14'13.3"N 53°57'02.4"E
35.237022°N, 53.950655°E

https://www.google.com/maps/place/3...0655,335m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0

https://archive.is/JiIfD/9cfb5edd8dfcb861bb403991b0b0a26ded5824d5.jpg ; https://archive.is/JiIfD/bb6e95b2e94b37f797627a98f62cf5fbbfd088cc/scr.png ; http://web.archive.org/web/20200204163631/https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1398/11/08/13981108125921872195158810.jpg
▲ 1. Imam Khomeini Launch Complex 2 during Safir-2 SLV vertical stacking.

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▲ 2. Imam Khomeini Launch Complex 2 during Safir-2 SLV vertical stacking.

https://archive.ph/dQCD6/3a17d361e3449c0db33f40c3954d4b8cb0745c0b.jpg ; https://archive.ph/dQCD6/6c340169d42ba0659d6c7c442b48b097e2fefaec/scr.png ; http://web.archive.org/web/20200204163651/https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1398/11/08/13981108130344451195159710.jpg
▲ 3. Imam Khomeini Launch Complex 2 movable assembly structure.

Coordinates of the Rocket Engine Static Test Stand 1 (Safir-1 & Safir-2 SLV)

35°15'30.0"N, 53°57'16.9"E
35.258339°N, 53.954690°E

https://www.google.com/maps/place/3...5013,906m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0

Coordinates of the Rocket Engine Static Test Stand 2 (Safir-3 SLV; under construction)

35°15'33.1"N, 53°57'16.2"E
35.259183°N, 53.954497°E

https://www.google.com/maps/place/3...3083,906m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0

Top: Static Test Stand 1. Bottom: Static Test Stand 2 under construction

Top: Static Test Stand 1. Bottom: Static Test Stand 2 under construction

Video

B-roll IRAN Imam Khomeini Space Center - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1Sz1WCXsts

Soheil_Esy · Aug 20, 2015

Part 8

Iran's second space launch center: Imam Sadegh SLC Part 1

This site is presented as Iran's second disclosed space launch center. Run by the IRGC. Inaugurated with the Qased SLV launch.

Coordinates of the Mission Control (Unconfirmed)

36°15'11.7"N, 55°16'04.2"E
36.253261°N, 55.267828°N

https://www.google.com/maps/place/3...1223,288m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0

Coordinates of the Administrative Complex

36°15'00.5"N, 55°16'04.7"E
36.250142°N, 55.267974°E

https://www.google.com/maps/place/3...2706,288m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0

Coordinates of the Mission Support Complex

36°14'04.2"N, 55°17'00.3"E
36.234508°N, 55.283426°E

https://www.google.com/maps/place/3...7236,287m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0

Coordinates of the Rocket Assembly Building

36°13'16.2"N, 55°19'12.8"E
36.221178°N, 55.320236°E

https://www.google.com/maps/place/3...5324,288m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0

Coordinates of the Launch Complex 1 (Ghaem, Tir & Mehr SLVs)

36°12'02.1"N, 55°20'02.1"E
36.200596°N, 55.333926°E

https://www.google.com/maps/place/3...2227,288m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0

Cosmic Penguin · Aug 20, 2015

Soheil_Esy said:
Iranian Navigation Satellite System

Design of the Satellite Structure For Middle East Regional & Augmentation Navigation Satellite System

Beijing Aerospace University's thesis by Sofeil, Master in Engineering, completed on 2015-06-23

In this thesis an autonomous and independent Satellite Based Navigation network designed to cover IRAN territory and Middle East region as Regional and Augmentation navigation satellite network.

This Navigation network is called IRANSS which is the abbreviation of Iranian Regional & Augmentation Navigation Satellite System.

This network has been designed to satisfy the requirements of this region, by consideration of specified orbital points belongs to IRAN on GEO. To achieve this purpose, all GNSS systems studied. Basically, there are three segments for each satellite based navigation network, space segment, ground segment and user segment. Space segment of IRANSS network composed of nine satellites in four orbits i.e. three satellites on one GEO and two satellites on each three IGSOs.

In IRANSS coverage area, ground segment includes several ground stations in IRAN and abroad. Eleven Ground Monitor Station, two masters & tracking control station and twenty Wide_Area Reference Stations only for augmentation with their master and uplink stations.

The main orientations of this thesis are space segment and especially design of Navigation Constellation network and satellite structure as a platform. Thus more focused on the navigation constellation system design and satellite structure or platform design.

The related satellites are called IRANSS “SAT No.” including IRANSS_G_110, IRANSS_G_34, IRANSS_G_345, IRANSS_I_26_1, IRANSS_I_47_1, IRANSS_I_26_2, IRANSS_I_47_2, IRANSS_I_26_3, and IRANSS_I_47_3.

The satellite has cubic structure with the weight of 1000 Kg and dimension of 1.5m×1.5m×2m. It is equipped with two deployable wings as solar panels, one main cylinder in the center and adapter ring in bottom section of the satellite. The structure composed of some frames and sandwich panels made of light alloys in high strength such as aluminum and honeycomb with aluminum and CFRP in face sheets.

The stiffness limitations, fairing dimensions and all applied loads from the Launch vehicle on the satellite have been met.

IRANSS satellite designed after studying and observing GNSS satellites which work on the orbit and comparing their missions, configurations, style, weight, design, heritage and Long march 3A as a launch vehicle for this payload.

All parameters corresponding to navigation accuracy and comparison between IRANSS and other GNSS constellations such as GPS and BeiDou considered. Analysis results show that Geometric Accuracy (GACC) of IRANSS is 16 meters in 95% of a day in all points of IRAN.

http://paper.buaalib.com/docinfo.action?dbid=72&docid=46905

You've got to be kidding me if you believe that this is more than a harmless research paper/thesis. :rofl: :dry:

Urwumpe · Aug 20, 2015

Galactic Penguin SST said:
You've got to be kidding me if you believe that this is more than a harmless research paper/thesis. :rofl: :dry:

Well, its already about constellation design. :lol: But since they are already talking about augmentation systems (like GPS or Galileo have in their design), I suspect the paper is still based more on the technological role models than on the technical requirements of an Iranian navigation system.

Soheil_Esy · Aug 22, 2015

Part 9

Iran's second space launch center: Imam Sadegh SLC Part 2

Iranian Second Space & Strategic Rocket Launch Center

IRISL-X-Iran’s New Solid Propellant Space Booster

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeni Launch Infrastructure

10-31 through 11-21-2014

Rev54

©By C. P. Vick, 2013 -14

Senior Technical & Space Policy Analyst, Globalsecurity.org

Disclaimer

The opinions and evaluations stated here in are only the authors and cannot be construed to reflect those of any Government agency, company, institute or association. It is based on public information, circumstantial evidence, informed speculation, declassified U.S. intelligence community documents, official Iranian and North Korean government documents and histories, oral histories, interviews and reverse engineering analysis. As with all data regarding the Iranian and North Korean strategic space and ballistic missile programs, this analysis is subject to revision--and represents a work in progress.

Introduction

Only in this Iranian Five Year Plan 2011-2015 has it become fairly certain that Iran is in the final stages of developing a newGhaem, large solid propellant space booster IRISLV-X- identified that can also serve to finish most of the development of two types of IRBMs and one type ICBM design. This space booster is real but the IRBM's and ICBM are unproven. It appears that Iran has chosen through its military backed theocracy leadership decision to go forward with this space booster effort as a top priority. That is the hardware manifestation of the then existing State Policy prior to 2013 as the new space booster launch infrastructure was given the go ahead.. (1) During August 2011 the first indication that Iran was in the process of actually developing a solid propellant space booster became known circumstantially from Iranian published sources. (1) This did not mean they had a new large solid propellant long range ballistic missile, space booster in hand but they had the technological ability to do so at any time and that they had decided to do so. Soon afterwards the manifestation of this in progress effort would display openly it dangerous aspects.

Wake Up Call from Iran

On Saturday November 12, 2011 the news broke out of Tehran, Iran of an undeniable highly visible explosion heard in Tehran of the Iranian solid propellant long range ballistic missile development disaster near the village of Bid Kaneh near the town of Malard in the Shahryar district some 40 kilometers west south west of Tehran, Iran. That devastating explosion killed 17 Revolutionary Guard soldiers and injured 16 others hospitalized. Among those killed was none less than senior Revolutionary Guard Corps Commander Brigadier (Major) General Hassan Tehrani Moqaddam, the father of the Islamic Republics missile technology of Iran’s missile programs. This occurred while supervising the transport in a so called ammunition at the known very isolated missile development “Modarres” Garrison of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps facility. He served as a researcher at the Tehran University involved in industrial research in arms and missile space launcher development. (2, 3)

The base depot was utilized in the “production of experimental products” without Iran being specific as well as the storage of Shahab-3 missiles and other surface to surface ballistic missiles. Later in late August early September 2012 the commander of the Revolutionary Guard Corps Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari stated that the destroyed “center was conducting research on solid propellant for satellite carriers (launch vehicles) and not defensive (military) missiles.” Whether the installations were involved in the mixing and preparation for the casting of large solid motors is a logical question to consider. This explosion was apparently caused by an accident during the transport move out of the depot to another undisclosed test (firing?) site of the new larger missile solid motors, explosives that had undergone none destructive testing. Imagery makes it clear that the solid motor storage building entrance was the center of the initial detonation. This suggests the accident occurred during the transfer from the bunker testing storage area and the logistic equipment. Safety measures were apparently either ignored or not followed during the operation.

There are many lessons to be learned in dealing with solid motors as the mixing of its propellant and its proper casting of them in the solid motor casings as well as the elimination of static electricity while handling the motors both in testing as well as logistic and launch preparation. Learning how to ignite them store them and operate with them is a very precise black art with many pitfalls. All nations dealing with these lower specific impulse performing propellants have to learn these lessons or pay the price for not having done so. Obviously Iran in this case did endured that brutal lesson at great loss of human life.

Thus Iran is known to have blown up one solid propellant plant b ased on information coming from the Iranian, Press TV and Fars News Agency over the weekend on the evening of December 27 th, 2008 at one of the two infrastructures solid motor development production centers located 7 and 11 kilometers southwest of the Iranian city of Zarrin Shara in the Isfahan province in central Iran. At least eight production line personnel were the fatalities recovered from the site of the explosion as acknowledged by the facilities manager Majid Nasser. The entire region around the facility including the city of Zarrin Shahr was jolted by the high energy explosion from the explosives plant infrastructure. This again happened on the “Modarres” Garrison facility on November 12, 2011. Until recently Iran has endured many large solid motor test firing failures. Sabotage was rules out as the cause of the devastating explosion. (2, 3, 4)

The “Modarres” Garrison facility so called ammunition dump located at 35 degrees 37 minutes 27.17 seconds north and 50 degrees 52 minutes 24.82 seconds east was more than half leveled or damaged. Just south of this defunct production site is a solid motor static test firing site with no less than 8 horizontal static test stands in a row among others in the area that clearly show the burn mark obstructions from their gas jet firings. It was subsequently cleared removing any thing of interest and essentially abandoned the remaining building structures left to the elements. Obviously this production site has been moved elsewhere.

Large Solid Motor Static Test Firing Successful

By June 2013 the hardware expectation displayed itself. After suffering repeated static test firing failures in the large solid motor propulsion R&D demonstration program it finally worked right. According to Bill Gertz, The Washington Free Beacon article of June 28, 2013, “U. S. Intelligence Agencies recently detected Iran conducting a static ground test of a large rocket motor that could be used for a future intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), according to U. S officials” and “Iran may be technically capable of flight testing an Intercontinental ballistic missile by 2015.” (5)

The New Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeni Space Launch Infrastructure

Based on the available published public imagery released by HIS Jane’s Defense Weekly on August 7, 2013 (6) the sites remain under construction leaving the final details uncertain in the fall of 2013 of this over 80% completed space launch facility. The base is located 40 kilometers southeast of Shahroud which has been under construction since the spring of 2010. Its location is approximately 36.2 degrees North and 55.33 degrees East. The site appears to contains only a few small liquid fueling storage facilities more associated with the BUS last stage and payload processing than for the overall solid propellant launch vehicle. What follows is a series of illustrations with more detailed explanations of the new launch center infrastructure of Shahroud, Zard AbIyeh, Iran.

This is Iran’s new remote isolated fenced off Shahroud, Zard AbIyeh Solid Propellant Launch Infrastructure still under construction development over the last few year. The soft site base is located 40 kilometers southeast of Shahroud which has been under construction since the spring summer of 2010. It is to serve both space booster development applications as well as a potential ICBM testing based on its core booster design. The pristine nature of the infrastructure layout has all the characteristics indicative of a dedicated solid propellant launch operation. The widely spread out facilities are design to separate various key launch infrastructure from destruction from potential accidents already experienced in the program development. The railroad based logistics equipment is apparently being connected to the existing Tehran to Mashad main line branch railroad track age out of Damghan west southwest of Shahroud. Construction of that connection is expected to be completed within a year. The use of railroad based logistic support is a strong indication of the heavy mass of the new larger solid motors being developed successfully after experiencing many failures prior to this year 2013 successes. The administrative support complex is located behind a mountain range with the Testing Support Assembly Complex, Launch Assembly Complex and Launch Complex widely dispersed on the other side of the mountain range. Based on the available published public imagery released by HIS Jane’s Defense Weekly on August 7, 2013 the sites remain under construction leaving the final details uncertain in the fall of 2013 of this over 80% completed presumed Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeni Space Launch Facility.

The Administrative and Support Complex remains under construction with three administrative main buildings near completion while other building support areas appear to be in the early stages of development. The connecting railroad, road development appears to be progressing towards the connection sites in the fall of 2013.

The double security safety fenced off Payload Testing Processing Support Complex is designed to support both payload processing as well as payload BUS and solid motor post boost packages. It appears to contain office, housing as well as explosives storage and other required support testing facilities for the payload assembly building to the lower right connected by railroad to the booster Horizontal Assembly Build in the fall of 2013. Various power lines and underground cable ways along with railroad and roads access ways are also visible.

The solid propellant booster Horizontal Assembly Building so called MIK is designed to handle the final assembly of the launch vehicle as well as the assembled encapsulated payload assembly before railroad car delivery to the launch facility infrastructure in the fall of 2013. Various power lines and underground cable ways along with railroad and roads access ways are also visible.

The new solid propellant Launch Complex nearing completion in the fall of 2013 is characterized by its wide rectangular 140 meters by 200 meter tarmac built of prefabricated concrete slabs on a built up earthen platform. The pad itself features a 125 meter unusually long open flame jet deflector trench. Various power lines and underground cable ways along with railroad and roads access ways are also visible. The launch infrastructure is surrounded by multiple security safety fences far from the pad tarmac. Within the security perimeter lies the apparent but ill-defined launch control blockhouse like structure with its pad connecting cable way. Many flood light groups around the tarmac edges are visible along with the two lighting towers and four lightning towers.

The "Estimated" design of the expected solid propellant Space Booster R & D test, operational launch site has a single off set from the tarmac center pad accessed by what appears to be a short rail based single tower gantry with folding half shell service levels. Based on the available imagery that tower is shorter than the swing arm service levels the height of which is in excess of 23 meters. The semi-mobile gantry tower does have a small lifting gantry crane for payload servicing only not booster assembly. The intended railroad based rollout erector transporter for the assembled booster and payload combination is expected to exceed 24 meter in height. The present size of the pad and flame deflector gas jet trench would seem to imply a relatively small five stage solid propellant based space booster including the payload BUS stage with no strap-on boosters added.

"ESTIMATE" One Space Booster Could Give Iran Three Strategic Ballistic Missiles

THIS SPACE BOOSTER HAS NOT BEEN SEEN OR DISPLAYED FULLY ASSEMBLED so this is an ESTIMATE based on what is known and open to analytical interpretations. If Iran wishes to also develop two IRBMs and an ICBM all they have to do is utilize the first three stages of the Ghaem, IRISLV-X- Space booster along with the BUS last stage to accomplish that task. To acquire an IRBM in two variations of this space booster design in a similar approach that the Soviet Union did they probably will utilizes a short version of the booster's first stage as the second stage and exchange the altitude nozzle for the sea level nozzle for the second stage operated as a first stage with the third and fourth and BUS fifth stage to create a IRBM from that same space booster. Alternatively like the Soviets did is to utilize the first and second stages of the booster with a BUS last stage for a longer range IRBM. That BUS stage presumable is based on a combination of solid propellant motors and cold gas and or liquid propellant thruster package design already in development. The range performance would have to be in the 10,000 - 12,000 kilometers to threaten the U. S. A. with a single 650 kilogram warhead of any kind.
This present soft site facility is not an ICBM base facility but clearly a space booster facility that could however serve as the bases for ICBM, R & D testing if Iran so chooses. Just developing this space booster essentially accomplished most of the job of developing an ICBM prototype. Iran may or may not use the same larger diameter first stage solid motor as its shorter second stage while the last stages would be smaller in diameter. Many of the critical elements of this space booster are in fact very well along in development testing heading to flight test once the launch infrastructure is completed by 2015 as predicted in the DoD annual reports to Congress

Based on the Iranian Five Year Plan(FYP) process the actual flight testing of the space booster should perhaps not be expected until the middle period of the next five year plan (FYP) 2016-2020 with operation deployment within the follow on ten year “forecast plans”2021-2025". At this time only the space booster is expected to appear and be flight tested but that will effectively accomplish all three task through a series of flight tests.

The new Ghaem, Iranian solid propellant space booster IRISLV-X- has apparently evolved from the successful Semen MRBM, Sejjil IRBM and not so successful longer range Ashura IRBM advanced design solid propellant boosters. All though Ashura was not fully developed because the technology involved had not matured enough it however laid the foundation for the more advanced larger solid propellant space booster now nearing development flight testing in the coming years.

Soheil_Esy · Aug 25, 2015

Part 10

Iran's third space launch center: Chabahar SLC

Chabahar SLC is the second site run by the ISA.

20-11-2011

Head of the Iranian Space Agency (ISA) says the agency is ready to set up a national satellite launch center in the country's southeastern region.

“The base will be used as a civil facility and will be active in various fields such as launching navigational and communication satellites as well as biological capsules,” Hamid Fazeli told IRNA on Sunday.

The satellites will be placed in geostationary orbit, near the equatorial zone, in order to reduce expenses of launching and orbit maneuver, he added.

He further noted that the southeastern area of the country is the safest location to establish the base as it is located near the Indian Ocean and has few inhabitants.

http://web.archive.org/web/20111122055954/http://www.presstv.ir/detail/211145.html

13 Bahman 1390 - 2 Feb 2012

Hamid Fazeli, the President of ISA stated that activities and discussions to build a new space launch center has begun, the country needs to build this base, he said, to launch heavier satellites and payloads, to an appropriate orbital inclination, that can not be reached from the current space center.
Current observation satellites are limited to a 55° inclination but future remote sensing satellites require a 98° inclination polar orbit.
Furthermore, with future launches [manned, GEO, SSO], rocket stages if launched from current space centers would fall on residential area.

http://www.bqpu.net/news/928674
http://web.archive.org/web/20210428132416/https://www.mashreghnews.ir/news/96372/%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AB-%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-%DA%A9%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1

30 December 2015

The head of Iran's Space Research Institute announced plans to design and build the Chabahar space launch center.
...
by the end of the sixth development program
...
today's ceremony was attended by the Minister of Communications and Information Technology and held in the Iranian Space Research Institute

http://web.archive.org/web/20210428132831/https://www.mehrnews.com/news/3013273/%d9%be%d8%a7%db%8c%da%af%d8%a7%d9%87-%d9%be%d8%b1%d8%aa%d8%a7%d8%a8-%d9%81%d8%b6%d8%a7%db%8c%db%8c-%d8%af%d8%b1-%da%86%d8%a7%d8%a8%d9%87%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%87-%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%b2%db%8c-%d9%85%db%8c-%d8%b4%d9%88%d8%af

Chabahar will also allow typical Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO) missions for observation satellites.

Launchers will be heading South-West. Absolutely impossible from Imam Khomeini SLC LC-2, only deserving inclined orbits, due to first and second rocket stages reentry.

These launchers will first fly off the coast, east of Oman, then Somalia and Madagascar. First and second stages will fall in the Indian ocean.

https://archive.vn/vjAVw/a8a413d97d69c3ea132484a6ae1545f35a828044.jpg ; https://archive.vn/vjAVw/af25fc69f31b39526c43771b15a3d1c2f0e582bc/scr.png ; http://web.archive.org/web/20200929...age/1399/01/09/13990109133612468200058010.jpg ; http://web.archive.org/web/20200329...والجناح-ماهواره-برهای-ایرانی-را-بیشتر-بشناسید ; https://archive.vn/XNxkq
▲ 3. Chabahar SLC suitable for both various inclined orbits, SSO and GEO launches.

The development of the Chabahar Space Launch Station is the next step

After the martyrdom of Shaheed Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian self-imposed moratorium on space development is over.

With the plan to launch one satellite every season, with 6 satellites now in the pipeline, and to support the new 4 meters diameter solid propellant Sourosh space launcher, the Imam Khomeini Space Center (IKSLC) LC-2 will not suffice.

In addition, to reach geosynchronous orbits, for more energy efficiency, a third space center must be built in the most southern part of Iran.

Lastly, to support its manned space program, that plans a slashdown recovery for its spacecraft, and unlike the land-recovered Soyuz and Shenzhou spacecrafts, this space center must be located along the coastline, like India's Satish Dhawan Space Centre and North Korea's Tonghae SLC!

Finally, to avoid the reentry of these new massive rocket stages over populated area of Iran, this space center must be located along the coast.

This project was first envisaged back in the 2010s, then postponed following the JCPOA and the moratorium on space development.

But it's official now, the construction of the Chabahar Satellite Lanch Center is restarted.

The short video footage of the construction of the IKSLC Vertical Assembly Building is not a coincidence...

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1222238582775173122

http://archive.is/n8SzH/c61f4c5cc3cf392c2f46e3204aa95b5b647da211.png ; https://archive.is/n8SzH/0b91240a28d2cc8a4d8d5ef83190aeb59e8ce61e/scr.png ; https://twitter.com/barari_ir/status/1222238582775173122 ; Morteza Barari - مرتضی براری@barari_ir ; 8:22 PM · Jan 28, 2020
▲ 1. Completion of major studies and designs of the Chabahar Space Launch Center. The development of the Chabahar Space Launch Station is the next step.

9 February 2020

The head of the Iranian space agency pointing to the launch of two telecom satellites in 99 said:
These satellites have been in the final stages and we have begun designing the Chabahar satellite launch center, and the satellite will be launched by Sarir and Soroush SLV from Chabahar SLC.

http://archive.ph/6KxIz
https://www.yjc.ir/00ULTk

Presentation of a conceptual framework for the design of Chabahar strategic launch site for the development of Iran space industry

Meghdad Payan 1 Hanif Kazerooni 2

1 - Department of Science and Technology, University of National Defense and Strategic Research, Tehran, IRAN - Department of Civil Engineering, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran,IRAN
2 Department of Science and Technology, University of National Defense and Strategic Research, Tehran, IRAN
چکیده [English]

The need to stay in space and use its advantage in different perspectives, has led our country to take steps to use satellite technology. In this regard, constructing an advanced satellite launch site with all the modern facilities is one of the key issues. Imam Khomeini Space Center is the first permanent launch platform of the Islamic Republic of Iran. In 1389, it was announced that due to existing geographic constraints, research was conducted to build the second space center in Chabahar. In this paper, using several performed studies on the infrastructure of the advanced space centers around the world as well as various simulation methods, a conceptual design for the Chabahar launch site is presented. Full descriptions of the launch platforms, processing complex, assembling of satellites, etc. are illustrated. The design and construction of the Chabahar launch site will be a major step forward in the development of the space industry of Islamic Republic of Iran.

https://archive.ph/quOL9/3e312f60de86f8da00af6bdf7e27b09abce3ea3c.png ; https://archive.ph/quOL9/5e29440476d80689f5abff4e9dec81f80efc2d00/scr.png ; http://web.archive.org/web/20210418094247/http://gallery.military.ir/albums/userpics/10314/tceDw-qk_28429.png ; http://web.archive.org/web/20210418095129/http://www.military.ir/forums/topic/13411-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%BE%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D9%81%D8%B6%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86/?page=277 ; https://archive.ph/GzWOx
▲ 1. General Plan of the Chabahar Space Center.

Legend of the Chabahar Space Center Plan

21. Launch Pads Facilities
22. Processing Complex
23. Spacecraft Transportation System
24. Launch Control Facilities
25. Industrial Centers
26. Commercial Centers
27. Visitor Complex
28. Research & Development Center
29. Press Site
30. Airport
31. Residential Area

32. Launch Pads I, II & III
33. Service Cabin
34. Pad Terminal Connection Rooms
35. Water Tank

36. Sound/Fire Suppresion Water System
37. Flame Trench
38. Flame Deflector
39. Emergency Evacuation System
40. Blast-resistant Bunker
41. Cable/Slidewire System
42. Escape Basket System

43. Compressed Gas Facilities
44. Oxygen/Hydrogen Burning Pond
45. Oxygen/Hydrogen Vent Lines
46. Kerosene Storage Stations
47. Fixed Service Tower/Umbilical Tower
48. Preparation rooms
49. Railway Systems
50. Mobile Service Towers

51. Booster Integration Building
52. Spacecraft/Payload Processing Building
53. Fueling & Neutalization Station / Power Supply, Charging & Battery Station
54. Rocket Processing, Preparation & Storage Complex
55. Propellant Complex (Oxygen & Nitrogen Plant)
56. Transfer Gallery
57. Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB)

58. Crawler Transporter Systems
60. Mobile Launcher Platform

61. Industrial Centers

71. Research and Development Area (R&D)
72. Astronaut Training Center
73. Press Site
74. News Media Facility

75. Launch Viewing Site / Launchpad View Site
76. Airport
77. Residential Area

Highlight of Key Facilities

https://archive.ph/0tsS9/ca5674050622dc9a541b918ff40c8dfd0170570e.png ; https://archive.ph/0tsS9/bba9bfee8513b1ecacea2c36dda0782de4eb119c/scr.png ; http://web.archive.org/web/20210418100834/https://i.imgur.com/A9ZLKHQ.png
▲ 2. Mobile Service Tower and Fixed Service Tower.

https://archive.ph/u9Q5f/ea8c4fbe06c96b7a8eb6365dccf8bf96cdc18e33.png ; https://archive.ph/u9Q5f/960420e06d8da61470c443e972da5c7cf42cc525/scr.png ; http://web.archive.org/web/20210418101358/https://i.imgur.com/rhCnuxd.png
▲ 3. Vertical Assembly Building leading to the 3 Launch Pads.

https://archive.ph/p41Pp/e2183a92ce2cd053a8382d22ad1720fd15e3df0e.png ; https://archive.ph/p41Pp/902e805d32907f8985e048ddcdb3a25cb087a00a/scr.png ; http://web.archive.org/web/20210418101700/https://i.imgur.com/eOuNKFP.png
▲ 4. Crawler Transporter and Mobile Launch Platform.

https://archive.ph/v2gPd/f269d92021650ab6a079430385535a29cf3ecbf5.png ; https://archive.ph/v2gPd/fa45137c80bdbb0c792064356b37827cd949d5d7/scr.png ; http://web.archive.org/web/20210418101857/https://i.imgur.com/u1bVk5l.png
▲ 5. Astronaut Training Center and Research & Development Area.

http://web.archive.org/web/20200725221110/http://jsst.ias.ir/article_110863.html
https://archive.is/fNe3X
https://archive.is/fNe3X/d649c882f60e0e94a58b3adfbbf1211cb425a096/scr.png
http://web.archive.org/web/20210418093730/http://jsst.ias.ir/article_110863_9221ec04f3fd94a846019fab60024ae5.pdf

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