Hassan Salaria, head of the Iranian Space Organization, said that out of more than 200 countries in the world, only 10 or 11 countries have full capabilities in the field of launch and production of launchers and components of the space industry family, and that Iran is also on this list. These countries are less than 10 percent of the world’s countries and include powers such as Russia, China, the United States, some European countries and Japan, which have been wonderful in Space industry Many years ago.

Salaria added:

“The Islamic Republic of Iran is working on Satellite development And launch platforms simultaneously, by relying on their local and local capabilities, which is accompanied by many complications in space technology. We started with simple satellites; “However, these seemingly simple satellites have very high design details and unknown dimensions, because their operating conditions do not exist in a similar orbit on Earth, and it is not possible to fully recreate these conditions even in the laboratory.”

He continued:

“The progress of the country began in Space photography For satellites with an accuracy of about a thousand meters and a few hundred metres, then we got to a few tens of metres, and now we got to a few metres. These satellites were built by specialized teams in various government centers, including universities, government research centers and some state-owned companies.

According to the head of the Iranian Space Organization, the country’s human resources did not have serious knowledge and experience in this industry in the early 1980s; But in the second half of this decade, with the identification of satellite construction projects at universities such as Sharif, Amirkabir, University of Science and Industry, and Malik Ashtar, a wave of human resources training began.

These forces rely mostly on self-learning, and succeeded in building the first satellites and preparing them for operation in orbit through studying documents, design, laboratory construction, and testing in space-like conditions.

He confirmed, saying:

“The construction of each satellite, depending on the complexity of the technology, usually takes two to four years. The turning point in this path was the successful launch of the satellite.”Omid“Industry in 2008, which for the first time strengthened confidence in the possibility of placing a mass in orbit in the country.

Subsequently, other satellites were built and launched, however, due to the nature of learning and acquisition Technology In the early stages, the equipment and components used did not have a long lifespan.”

He went on to say:

“Satellites in Iran are mainly built in a single production process; contrary to the impression that is sometimes created that we have made hundreds or thousands of satellites. Only in recent years, with the project Martyr Soleimani satellite system In the narrowband field, the concept of producing a number of satellites has entered our work literature.”

Noting common comparisons with projects like Starlink, Salaria concluded:

“There may be 30 satellites built in two or three months at Starlink, but it should be noted that this level of production belongs to the most advanced private space company in the world.

We are now in the process of strengthening Technology Moving from the research and development stage to the initial stage of “Quantitative production“It is necessary to make a realistic comparison of the country’s capabilities with… Space giants In the world.