Iranian Space Agency

The Iranian Space Agency (ISA, Persian: سازمان فضایی ایران Sāzmān-e Fazāi-ye Irān) is Iran's governmental space agency. The Iranian Space Research Center and Iranian Space Agency are the main organizations carrying space research and operations in Iran . Iran became an orbital-launch-capable nation in 2009. Iran is one of the 24 founding members of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), which was set up on 13 December 1958.

Iranian Space Agency
(ISA)
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AbbreviationISA
Formed1 February 2004 (2004-02-01)
TypeSpace agency
HeadquartersTehran, Mahdasht, Shahrud, Qom
AdministratorHassan Salarieh
Primary spaceportImam Khomeini Spaceport
OwnerMinistry of Information and Communications Technology of Iran
Annual budget$4.6 million (FY 2017)
Websitewww.isa.ir
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