Space Technology

SpaceX's Starship explodes, marking second setback for Musk's mission to explore Mars

SpaceX's Starship spacecraft meets with disaster, exploding just minutes after its Texas launch, which thwarted efforts to deploy test satellites.
2 months ago
President Pezeshkian visits Defense Ministry’s latest space, defense achievements

President Masoud Pezeshkian says Iran's military power poses no threat to other nations, as he visits the latest defense and space achievements of the Ministry of Defense.
3 months ago
Iran to unveil 3 new satellites on Sunday

3 months ago
Iran to unveil ‘Pars-2’ satellite on anniversary of Islamic Revolution

Tehran, IRNA – The Head of the Iranian Space Agency, Hassan Salariyeh, has announced that the "Pars 2" satellite, which has a two-meter imaging accuracy, is set to be unveiled during the ten-day Fajr festivities, commemorating the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution's victory.
4 months ago
Iran successfully launches Saman-1 space tug

Tehran, IRNA - The Saman-1, along with a CubeSat and a research payload, has been successfully sent into space using a Simorgh launcher, according to the chief of Iran’s space agency.
5 months ago
Iran to launch 8 more satellites by yearend

Tehran, IRNA — Iran says it will launch at least 6 to 8 satellites into space by the end of the current Iranian year on March 20, 2025.
9 months ago
Iran's Space Industry Soars with Four New Satellites and a Transfer Block

Despite severe sanctions, Iran is making significant strides in its space program with the launch of four satellites and an orbital transfer vehicle.
11 months ago
Chinese spacecraft successfully lands on far side of Moon

Tehran, IRNA – China’s Chang’e-6 spacecraft successfully makes a soft landing on the far side of the Moon and will soon begin collecting unique lunar samples, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced late Saturday.
11 months ago
Iran's "Pars 1" research satellite put into orbit

Tehran, IRNA - Iran has successfully put a homemade research-measurement satellite into space's orbit, which marks the 12th satellite launch during President Ebrahim Raisi's administration.
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Iran to put foreign satellites into orbit in two years: Minister

Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology Isa Zare’pour has said that the Islamic Republic aims to put into space satellites of other countries, using Iranian-made carriers and launchers within the next two years.
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‘Iran’s successful launch of Mahda satellite opens new window to space launches’

Tehran, IRNA – The Iranian minister of communications and information technology has said that the recent successful launch of three Iranian satellites into orbit has opened a new window to the country's space launches.
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Iran close to reaching geostationary space orbit

Tehran, IRNA – For the first time, the Islamic Republic of Iran has successfully put three homegrown satellites into space orbits with minimum and maximum altitudes of 450 km and 1,100 km above the Earth's surface, getting close to reaching the Geostationary Orbit (GEO), also known as geosynchronous orbit, after years.
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Iran plans to launch astronauts into orbit with indigenous bio-capsule

Tehran, IRNA - Iran’s Minister of Information and Communications Technology Issa Zarepour has said that the Islamic Republic of Iran will launch astronauts into orbit with indigenous bio-capsule by the end of 2028.
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Iran successfully launches indigenous bio-capsule: minister

Tehran, IRNA – The Iranian minister of information and communications technology has announced a successful test fire of an indigenous bio-capsule to send astronauts into space.
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Iran takes 1st step for implementing 10-year space plan

Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Space Agency has begun the process of implementing the country’s 10-year space plan as it held the first session for mulling the execution of the strategic plan on Saturday.
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Iran says images sent by Khayyam satellite meet domestic needs

Tehran, IRNA – Spokesman of Iranian Space Agency Hossein Dalirian said on Saturday that high-quality images sent by Khayyam satellite are being provided to both state and private sectors of the country and have helped meet part of domestic needs in different areas such as agriculture, natural resources, environment, water resources, mines, border monitoring and management of unprecedented crises.
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Iran, Russia sign space cooperation document

Kish, IRNA – Iran, and Russia signed a cooperation document on the space industry on Wednesday.
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Raisi admin. seeking to speed up Iran's space industry progress

Tehran, IRNA – The Ministry of Information and Communications Technology of Iran said that the administration of President Ebrahim Raisi was speeding up the development of the space industry of the Islamic Republic.
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Iran successfully tests orbital transmission system, space probe

Tehran, IRNA – Iran successfully tested an experimental implementation of Saman orbital transmission system with a sub-orbital space probe, Ministry of Information and Communications Technology said on Tuesday.
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Iran says supervised designing, construction, launch of new satellite

Tehran, IRNA – Head of the Iranian Space Agency Hassan Salariyeh said on Wednesday that different designing, construction and launch of Khayyam satellite were carried out under Iran’s supervision.
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Iran plans to build research satellite launch site in Chabahar

Chabahar, IRNA - Chabahar Free Zone Organization chief said that the body was ready to build a launch site for research satellites, considering the strategic location of Chabahar.
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Iran achieves 11th place in space technology

Tehran, IRNA – Minister of Information and Communications Technology Isa Zarepour said that Iran’s global ranking in space technology has been improved from 95 in 1996 to 11 in 2017.
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