Iran, Russia To Hold New Talks On Space Cooperation: Report

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TEHRAN, Dec 14 (NNN-IRNA) – The Iranian Space Agency (ISA), and Russia’s state space corporation, Roscosmos, will start a new round of talks on cooperating in the space sector.

High-ranking officials of the ISA and Roscosmos will hold negotiations on the sidelines of the 11th Kish International Aerospace Exhibition, which kicked off yesterday on the Kish Island, in southern Iran, according to the report.

The joint training workshops of Iran and Russia will also be held in the fields of satellite design and manufacturing, as well as, satellite data processing.

Iran’s latest achievements in various fields, including technological development, commercialisation, design and construction of satellites, as well as, satellite carriers, will be showcased at the Kish exhibition, which will last until Dec 16, according to the report.

Over the past years, Iran has made significant leaps in the space industry. In Oct, Iran launched an indigenous space tug capable of shifting satellites and spaceborne cargo, with different energy characteristics between orbits.

Earlier in Aug, Iran’s Khayyam satellite was successfully launched into space, from the Baikonur space station in Kazakhstan, by Russia’s Soyuz satellite carrier rocket.–