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Government body. Country: IR. Appears in GCAT, Launch Library 2.
Compiled Nov 11, 2026 from 4 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from.
Launches flown as provider
1 since Nov 18, 2024
none failed. Latest: Simorgh | Fakhr-1 & Saman-1
Our launch record starts Nov 18, 2024; earlier launches are not counted here. Every kind of launch in the feed counts, crewed, lunar and station missions included.
Source: Launch Library 2 launch record
Latest launch Dec 6, 2024
Satellites owned or operated
10 in orbit of 16 launched
Latest: Paya
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as owner or operator. "In orbit" is GCAT status O. Counted under GCAT organisation code IRSA. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Iran Electronics Industries
Built 6 of its satellites (latest Paya)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Dec 28, 2025
Iran University of Science and Technology
Built 3 of its satellites (latest Zafar-2)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Dec 28, 2025
Iran Space Research Institute
Built 4 of its satellites (latest Pars-1)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Feb 29, 2024
Joint Stock Corp. VNIIEM
Built one of its satellites (latest Khayyam)
Satellite data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0.
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, November 11). Iranian Space Agency: Organisation dossier [Data set]. Retrieved November 11, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/organizations/iranian-space-agency
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "Iranian Space Agency: Organisation dossier." Data as of November 11, 2026. Accessed November 11, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/organizations/iranian-space-agency.
BibTeX
@misc{spacenexus_iranianspaceagency_2026,
author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{Iranian Space Agency}: Organisation dossier},
year = {2026},
month = nov,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/organizations/iranian-space-agency}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/organizations/iranian-space-agency},
urldate = {2026-11-11},
note = {Data as of 2026-11-11; each fact links its primary source}
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