The head of the Iranian Space Organization, Hassan Salariyeh, said satellite launches for the Shahid Soleimani program will begin by the end of the current Iranian calendar year, March 2027. He claimed the space industry continued operating throughout the war, citing a decentralized structure that prevented a single strike from paralyzing the entire system, and asserted that communications and data reception systems remained continuously active.
Hassan Salariyeh, head of the Iranian Space Organization, said the Shahid Soleimani satellite launch program is on track for a first launch by March 2027, as reported by Iranian state-aligned media. He argued that Iran's space industry was built on a decentralized model that weathered the recent conflict without catastrophic damage. Salariyeh also claimed that monitoring and data-reception systems for Iranian satellites remained online throughout the war, and that recent rounds of strikes only slowed, not stopped, research and development. The claim appears designed to project resilience and continuity of Iran's dual-use space capabilities at a time of heightened tensions with Israel and the US. There is no independent Israeli or Western verification of Salariyeh's assertions; the assessment is attributed to him as a single official source.
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