Iran launches first space tug, sets new record for liftoff playloads

In a milestone for Iran’s space sector, a space tug domestically designed and manufactured by Iranian experts and technicians has been launched into space aboard a homegrown satellite launch vehicle (SLV).

Iranian satellites launched into space as private sector debuts in space industry

Two domestically-manufactured Iranian satellites have been successfully launched into space in a debut entrance by the country’s private sector in the space industry.

Successful launch of Qaem 100 satellite carrier made Iran’s enemies angry, delusional: Foreign ...

IRGC's Aerospace successfully launches Qaem 100 solid fuel suborbital carrier

Iran test launches indigenous Saman space tug capable of shifting satellites between orbits

Iran has test launched a domestically designed and manufactured space tug capable of shifting satellites between orbits and transferring spaceborne cargo from one orbit to another with different energy characteristics.

Advancement in science and research inalienable right of Iranian nation: Iranian Foreign Ministry

Iran’s Defense Ministry on Thursday announced that the country’s domestically-built satellite carrier rocket, Simorgh (Phoenix), successfully launched three research devices in a space research mission that scored yet another achievement for the Islamic Republic’s civilian space program.

Iran ready to launch Nahid 1 telecommunication satellite

Iran’s minister of information and communications technology (ICT) says the country is ready to launch Nahid 1 (Venus 1) telecommunication satellite into orbit, and that two more satellites are being assembled ahead of their contingent launch.

Iran set to launch observation satellite in coming days: ISA head

Head of the Iranian Space Agency (ISA) Morteza Barari says the country is preparing to launch its new domestically-developed scientific observation satellite in the “coming days”.