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Abbreviation | ISA |
Formed | 1 February 2004 |
Type | Space agency |
Headquarters | Tehran, Mahdasht, Semnan, Shahrud, Qom |
Administrator | Hassan Salarieh |
Primary spaceport | Imam Khomeini Spaceport |
Owner | Ministry of Information and Communications Technology of Iran |
Annual budget | ~$ 222 million (2024) |
Website | www |
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The Iranian Space Agency (ISA, Persian: (سافا) 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.[1] 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.[citation needed]