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In respect to different activities which are fulfilling the space related issues all around the world, the necessity of establishing an organisation in our country was an inevitable matter. Fortunately, space science has been considered by custodians, experts and professionals since the past couple of years, and they have conducted efficient and effective achievements. Islamic Republic of Iran, as one of the middle-east countries, has a long precedent in satellite communication. Since 1969, it has been a member of some international space councils, and it has been introduced as a pioneer country of space applications in the world. Different groups and societies around the country hold special programs related to space science during the year. Young Space Activities Overview in Iran Upcoming Events/Projects/Activities: The StarPeace Project : was a special global project first organised in conjunction with the International Year of Astronomy in 2009. StarPeace project participants held public star parties near a border of their country with a neighboring country. The intention was to show that there are no borders in the real Earth, borders are man-made and science has no borders.Anousheh Ansari is an advisor to the StarPeace project. She was the first woman from the Middle East to go into space, and the first Iranian. Ansari was the fourth self-funded space tourist and the first self-funded woman to fly to the International Space Station. StarPeace has affiliated with Yuri's Night, named after the first human to go into space, Yuri Gagarin. Yuri's night in Iran :Yuri's night is the memorial of flying the first man into space. Every year in different part of the world, they celebrate this night by special parties, scientific ceremonies and observation nights. And in recent years in Iran, this night has turned into one of the main programs and projects of astronomical groups, associations and societies. Hence Iran's space industry has noticeably improved in recent years. Yuri's night is a great opportunity for all Iranians to understand and see the importance of Space, having space industry and achieving a response to the frequently asked question “What's the benefit of having a satellite" and this issue is accessible due to the activities of astronomical groups and societies around the country.In recent years, most of the groups have celebrated this night in the form of public speeches, seminars and other events that show the high potential of amateur astronomers.Furthermore, this ceremony is like astronomy day and world space week, which has turned into one of the annual programmes of councils. The wider community is spoken to, so that the aims and goals of this night, such as space missions, familiarising to space and other programs are conducted to people in order for them to get acquainted basically with space technology and science. Although Iranians are a bit familiar with the important role of space, after launching Omid satellite, the Yuri' night celebration is a perfect occasion to show the importance of Space industry for Iran. National Day of Space Technology: Iranians celebrate the National Day of Space Technology each year on 3rd of Feburary. All Iranians are proud of having a national Space industry and celebrate this day which shows the improvement of technology and industry in the country. International Space Week: Programs of the international space week are prepared annually in Iran. During this week, NGOs, groups, universities and societies conduct different plans, such as seminars, miscellaneous public programs and workshop in order to spread the word of peaceful use of space technology and familiarizing people with the latest achievements. Iranian Space Agency
The Iranian Space Agency (ISA) is Iran's governmental space agency. Iran is an active participant in the Asian space race and became an orbital-launch-capable nation in 2009. Iran is one of the 24 founding members of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, which was set up in 1958.
ISA was established on 1 February 2004 according to the Article 9 of the Law for Tasks and Authorizations of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology passed on 10 December 2003 by the Parliament of Iran. Based on the approved statute ISA mandated to cover and support all the activities in Iran concerning the peaceful applications of space science and technology under the leadership of a Supreme Council of Space chaired by Iran’s President. The Council’s main goals included policy making for the application of space technologies aimed at peaceful uses of outer space, manufacturing, launching and use of the national research satellites, approving space related state and private sector programs, promoting the partnership of private and cooperative sectors in efficient uses of space, identifying guidelines concerning the regional and international cooperation in space issues. Satellite launch vehicle: The Safir-2 launch vehicle. Iran is the 9th country to put a domestically-built satellite into orbit by using a domestic launcher. After 2000, Iran had acquired the necessary skills to begin initial production of the Shahab-3 rocket. This was followed by several modifications and improvements, leading to the test firing of an improved version (Shahab SLV) in late 2004, which was used to launch a completely indigenous Omid satellite. This was followed by several more modifications and improvements, leading to the test firing of the next generation, a (Shahab SLV) in late 2004, which was used to launch an additional Omid satellite. Iran has developed an expendable satellite launch vehicle named Safir SLV. Measuring 22 m in height with a core diameter of 1.25 m, with two TM-185/AK-27I liquid propellant stages, a single thrust chambered first stage and a two-thrust chambered, step-throttled second stage, the SLV has a lift off mass exceeding 26 tons. The first stage consists of a lengthened up-rated Shahab-3C. According to the technical documentation presented in the annual meeting of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs it is two-stage rocket with all liquid propellant engines. The first stage is capable of carrying the payload to a maximum altitude of 6.8 kilometers. It is designed to place a lightweight (50–100 kg) payload into a 500 km LEO. The lighter sub-orbital all-liquid two-stage version is known as Kavoshgar (‘explorer’). It is the civilian version derived from one of at least four known military ASAT systems still in development, thus the Safir SLV is 40% taller. In 2010 a more powerful rocket named Simorgh ('phoenix') was built. Its mission is to carry the heavier Mesbah-2 ('lantern-2'), Toloo ('sunrise') and Navid-Elmo-Sanat ('promising sign') satellites into orbit. Satellites
Future projects Satellites
According to Iranian media, Iranian experts are also engaged in the development of three more satellite projects including ZS4, SM2S and Sepehr. Iran plans to have satellites in geostationary orbit by 2016. Iran is also to implement 10 satellite projects with Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO) members. The organization has defined 10 projects on designing, building and launching light satellites, middle class satellites weighing 500-600 kg, research satellites, remote-sensing and telecommunications satellites. Manned space program: The Iranian News Agency claimed on November 21, 2005, that the Iranians have a manned space program along with plans for the development of a spacecraft and a space laboratory. Iran Aerospace Industries Organization (IAIO) head Reza Taghipour on August 20, 2008, revealed Iran intends to launch a manned mission into space within a decade. This goal was described as the country's top priority for the next 10 years, in order to make Iran the leading space power of the region by 2021. In August 2010, President Ahmadinejad announced that Iran's first astronaut should be sent into space onboard an Iranian spacecraft by no later than 2019. List of Aerospace Faculties in Iran Aerospace Engineering Faculty, Sharit Technical University
Aerospace Engineering Faculty, Amirkabir technical university (Tehran Polytechnic University)
Aerospace Engineering Faculty, Khaje-nasir-toosi Technical University
Aerospace and Mechanic Engineering Faculty, Malek-Ashtar Technical University
Aerospace Engineering Group, Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran
Aerospace Engineering Group, Trabiat Modares University
Aerospace Engineering Group, Shahid Beheshti University
Aerospace and Mechanic Engineering Faculty, Shiraz Technical University
Aerospace Engineering Group, Elm-o-San'at University
Research Center of Aerospace
Aerospace Engineering Group, Mashad Ferdowsi University
Aerospace Engineering Group, Shiraz University
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