35°45′47″N 51°22′42″E / 35.763°N 51.37831°E / 35.763; 51.37831
The Aerospace Research Institute (ARI) (Persian: پژوهشگاه هوافضا) is a public advanced research institute founded in 1999 in Tehran, Iran.[1]
This institute engages in scientific research in affiliation with the Iranian Space Research Center.
- 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 manufacturing the fixed flight simulator for the "Iran-140" airliner
- Codification of the national comprehensive document for aerospace development
- 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 crewed spacecraft
- Telemetry conceptual design for the altitude of 250 km
- Designing, manufacturing and testing the recovery system for a 500 kg payload
References
- ^ Harvey, Brian; Smid, Henk H. F.; Pirard, Theo (2011). Emerging Space Powers: The New Space Programs of Asia, the Middle East and South-America. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 268–270. ISBN 9781441908742.
