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Iran has Failed at Trying to Launch its own Communications Satellite for Almost 30 Years

 

After examining almost thirty years of Iran's handling of the project [to launch a communications satellite], the question also arises whether the project will ever materialize. Many times over the years Iran has concluded contracts that have repeatedly come to naught. Iran's difficulties in obtaining its own communications satellite are even more conspicuous against the background of other Middle East states' success in this domain. ( More ... )

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Shapir, Yiftah S. "Iran's Efforts to Conquer Space." Strategic Assessment (JCSS). Vol. 8, No. 3 (November 2005). [ 2 quotes ]

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Iranian Government has Ambitious Spacepower Goals but it has Consistently Failed on Similar Projects because of Poor Coordination

 

Nevertheless, a close examination of the projects that Iran has been engaged in indicates its great difficulty in attaining these capabilities. Iran has failed to reach even the basic stages in these grandiose projects after many years of effort, stages that other states attained a long time ago. The reasons for this failure are not clear but they seem to be linked to the government's inherent inability to coordinate government agencies, resolve conflicting demands, and mobilize the required resources for the projects. In other words, Iran is motivated to achieve far-reaching goals. Iran also has a significant technological infrastructure. Nevertheless, the engine is stalled and important projects are being delayed. If this assessment is correct and the Iranian failure is a deep systemic failure, this could point to questions on Iran's capability to materialize other ambitious programs, such as in the realms of ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons. ( More ... )

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Shapir, Yiftah S. "Iran's Efforts to Conquer Space." Strategic Assessment (JCSS). Vol. 8, No. 3 (November 2005). [ 2 quotes ]

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