The Iranian Space Research Center (ISRC, Persian: پژوهشگاه فضایی ایرانPazhoheshgah e Fazái e Irán) is a research center - Institute established by Iran's Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (Iran) in 2000 to perform research in the field of space and manufacture Iranian civil satellites and Space rockets. In 2010, the administration was transferred to the office of president. Then, it again transferred to its primary ministry.
The ISRC and Iranian Space Agency are the main organizations carrying space research and operations in Iran. And also this institution provides sophisticated educational resources in the discipline of space sciences, specifically designed for accomplished and talented postgraduate and doctoral scholars, in strict adherence to established criteria and international educational principles and under the supervision of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (Iran)[3]
Designing, manufacturing and launching four generations of space sounding rockets (eight sounding payloads)
Manufacturing and testing the cold gas propulsion system
Identification of standards used in the designing, manufacturing and testing of space equipment
Designing and construction of the microgravity simulator
Conceptual design of an orbiting spacecraft carrying the living organism
Aerospace applications in environmental studies and environmental remote sensing.
Furthermore, more than 500 completed and 156 ongoing research projects are being carried out currently, entitled:
Designing, construction and testing the first generation of suborbital manned spacecraft.
Telemetry conceptual design for the altitude of 250 km
Designing, manufacturing and testing the recovery system for a 500 kg payload.
Dynamic analysis of the astronaut’s Body for suborbital spaceflights
Feasibility study of the attitude control system for sounding rockets
Designing, manufacturing and testing "the moving- mass control actuator"
Providing educational facilities for training elite and talented students in post-graduate and doctoral level, as well as training skilled and expert workforce in space sciences[4]
On Tuesday, September 12, 2018, the US Treasury Department announced in a statement that it has added the names of the Space Organization, the Space Research Center and the Space Research Institute of Iran to the list of sanctionsOffice of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the entities under this ministry. This research and educational institute is currently under the sanctions of the United States of America, United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand.[5][6]
^Budget Bill of 1393 (لايحه بودجه سال 1393 كل كشور). Secretariat of Planning and Supervision, Office of President. December 2013.
^Budget Bill of 1401 (لايحه بودجه سال 1401 كل كشور). Secretariat of Planning and Supervision, Office of President. December 2023.
^Statement of the Ministry of Science and Education of IR Iran Organization, Act 2017_2018/26819 DF Iran Ministry of Science and Education, سازمان سنجش و آموزش کشور. Administrative Authority of the Ministry of Science and Education of Iran. October 2017.
^Announcement of the National Measurement and Education Organization, Iran Ministry of Science and Education, سازمان سنجش و آموزش کشور. Administrative notification of the Ministry of Science and Education of Iran. October 2018.
^U.S. Department of State Sanctions on Iran Space and Rockets Program. United States Secretary of the Treasury, Office of President. September 2018.
^United Kingdom Department of HM Treasury Sanctions on Iran Financing program on Space and Rockets activities. Government of the UK, Prime minister Office. June 2019.
