https://spacewatch.global/tag/iran/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Wed, 06 Dec 2023 07:00:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/iran/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2023/12/iran-aims-to-test-astronaut-ready-space-capsules-by-march/ Wed, 06 Dec 2023 07:00:54 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=52659 Iran is aiming to launch astronauts into space using domestically developed technology by the end of 2029 Eisa Zarepour, Communication Minister stated in a post on the Iran Virasty social media site on Sunday. "In line with the implementation of the ten-year document of the country's space industry, the 'Life in Space' program has been revived and soon, God willing, the suborbital tests of the new generation 'bio-capsule' will be completely Iranian," he said.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/spacewatchgl-perspectives-on-irans-satellite-launch-mahsa-rouhi-on-the-irgcs-quest-for-space-and-political-power/ Thu, 14 May 2020 13:00:36 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22379 On 22 April 2020 Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) successfully launched a small satellite - the Noor-1 (Farsi for 'Light') - on a previously unseen satellite launch vehicle called the Qased. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/spacewatchgl-perspectives-on-irans-satellite-launch-afshon-ostovar-on-the-irgcs-space-role/ Wed, 13 May 2020 13:00:51 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22341 On 22 April 2020 Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) successfully launched a small satellite - the Noor-1 (Farsi for 'Light') - on a previously unseen satellite launch vehicle called the Qased.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/spacewatchgl-perspectives-on-irans-satellite-launch-aniseh-bassiri-tabrizis-view-on-the-political-implications/ Wed, 13 May 2020 13:00:12 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22346 On 22 April 2020 Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) successfully launched a small satellite - the Noor-1 (Farsi for 'Light') - on a previously unseen satellite launch vehicle called the Qased. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/irgc-space-command-chief-says-iran-plans-to-put-a-satellite-in-geostationary-orbit/ Wed, 13 May 2020 05:00:51 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22453 Iran is planning to develop and launch a satellite into geostationary orbit (GEO) – at an altitude of 36,000 kilometres – for the economic benefit of the country, according to Brigadier Ali Jafarabadi, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Space Command.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/spacewatchgl-perspectives-on-irans-satellite-launch-tal-inbar-on-the-israeli-reaction/ Tue, 12 May 2020 13:00:54 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22338 On 22 April 2020 Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) successfully launched a small satellite - the Noor-1 (Farsi for 'Light') - on a previously unseen satellite launch vehicle called the Qased.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/spacewatchgl-perspectives-on-irans-satellite-launch-fabian-hinz-on-the-qased-satellite-launch-vehicle/ Tue, 12 May 2020 13:00:18 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22351 On 22 April 2020 Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) successfully launched a small satellite - the Noor-1 (Farsi for 'Light') - on a previously unseen satellite launch vehicle called the Qased. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/spacewatchgl-perspectives-on-irans-satellite-launch-seyed-hossein-mousavians-iranian-view/ Mon, 11 May 2020 13:00:39 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22335 On 22 April 2020 Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) successfully launched a small satellite - the Noor-1 (Farsi for 'Light') - on a previously unseen satellite launch vehicle called the Qased.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/spacewatchgl-perspectives-on-irans-satellite-launch-gawdat-bahgat-on-the-launch-defying-maximum-pressure/ Mon, 11 May 2020 13:00:03 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22332 On 22 April 2020 Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) successfully launched a small satellite - the Noor-1 (Farsi for 'Light') - on a previously unseen satellite launch vehicle called the Qased.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/spacewatchgl-opinion-irans-satellite-launch-carries-more-political-weight-than-military-significance/ Sun, 03 May 2020 11:00:17 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22038 The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) successful launch of the Noor (Light) satellite into space is a significant moment at a time when many countries, including Iran, are still grappling with the deadly COVID-19 virus.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/iran-unveils-military-space-command-new-details-on-satellite-launch/ Mon, 27 Apr 2020 05:00:59 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21954 Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has unveiled the existence of its own Space Command following the successful launch of the Noor-1 Earth observation satellite on 22 April 2020 (reported by SpaceWatch.Global here).]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/irans-military-satellite-launch-full-of-surprises/ Thu, 23 Apr 2020 05:00:30 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21858 Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that it had launched a military satellite on the morning (Iranian time) of 22 April 2020 on board a previously unknown satellite launch vehicle the IRGC calls Qassed.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/us-think-tanks-release-annual-counterspace-and-space-threats-studies/ Wed, 01 Apr 2020 05:00:11 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21111 Two leading US think tanks – the Secure World Foundation (SWF) and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) – simultaneously released their respective annual studies on global counterspace capabilities and space threats on Monday, 30 March 2020.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/economist-nouriel-roubini-speculates-2020-will-see-first-global-cyber-war/ Thu, 05 Mar 2020 06:00:49 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20236 One of the world’s most notable economists, Professor Nouriel Roubini, has speculated that 2020 will see its first all-out cyber war.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/irans-latest-attempt-to-launch-a-satellite-fails-again/ Tue, 11 Feb 2020 06:00:16 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19293 The latest attempt by Iran to indigenously launch one of its domestically-built satellites has failed, the latest in a string of unsuccessful satellite launches due to engineering problems, poor management, sabotage, or a combination of all of these.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/iran-preparing-to-launch-zafar-earth-observation-satellites/ Thu, 30 Jan 2020 06:00:24 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18969 Iran is believed to be preparing to launch two satellites from its Imam Khomeini Satellite Launch Centre over the coming days, according to numerous reports in Iranian and international news media.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/indonesia-in-talks-with-russia-to-launch-first-astronaut/ Wed, 08 Jan 2020 06:00:51 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18429 Indonesia is understood to be in talks with Russia’s state space corporation, Roscosmos, about the possibility of Russia training and launching the Southeast Asian country’s first astronaut.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/egypt-opens-astronaut-selection-competition-in-middle-east-human-spaceflight-rush/ Mon, 06 Jan 2020 06:00:47 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18364 The head of the Egyptian Space Agency, Mohammed el-Qousy, announced on 25 December 2019 that the agency will launch a nationwide, six-year long competition to select Egypt's first astronaut.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/12/iran-seeks-satellite-research-and-manufacturing-cooperation-with-azerbaijan/ Thu, 12 Dec 2019 06:00:03 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17690 The Iranian government has expressed its wish to enter into a cooperative arrangement with its neighbour Azerbaijan for satellite research and development as well as satellite manufacturing, according to Azerbaijani and Iranian press reports.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/iran-claims-to-be-developing-one-metre-resolution-earth-observation-satellite/ Tue, 05 Nov 2019 06:00:38 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16807 The head of the Iran Space Agency, Morteza Barari, told Iranian media that Iran plans to develop and build a high-resolution Earth observation satellite capable of taking images of one-metre resolution.]]>