New Iranian Space Agency Facilities Infrastructure Inaugurated
© By Charles P. Vick (All Rights Reserved)
Senior Technical Analyst
07-21-10 /03-07/25-11
The opening of two new space centers along with one mobile ground stations and one large stationary facility was not unexpected and had in fact been serving this purpose under the military. This was for processing satellite imagery as well as the capable of handling telemetry tracking & control of Iranian satellites. This marked a turning point for the Iranian space program in Iran. One is located in Tehran and one in the desert either in Tabas or Torud. The Tabas facility is believed to house ERT’s facilities and one other center in Iran but they are owned in part by other countries. These new associated facilities will be able to receive telemetry and send commands to it domestically built satellites as well as receive imagery from those satellites. Later on Minister of Defense Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi noted that his ministry had constructed or turned over ten test laboratories to strength the Iranian space industry infrastructure, which it can be surmised also supports the defense industry needs.
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