Recall that currently, only three countries (Russia, the United States and China) have independent capacities of inhabited space flight. India was to join this group very soon by developing its Gaganyaan project.
In December 2024, with the launch of the rocket “Simorgh“, Iran realizes its plus”gros” launch, since the payload was 300 kilogramsexceeding the weight of the previous Iranian useful charges put into orbit, thus marking a significant step for its space program.
A few months later, in March/April 2025, we learn that The Islamic Republic would build a site of almost 140 km² with a space port in Tchabahara launch site close to the equator, which will make him more effective for launches.
According to Bloomberg, this program, of around $ 11 million, under the guise of development to inhabited travel would also benefit from strategic relations between Iran and Russia, recalling that last January the Russian president Vladimir Putin and the Iranian president Massoud Pezeshkian signed a strategic pact of twenty years.
-This last information is the perfect concrete example of the strategy that Russia conducts in terms of its space policy, namely: to break its isolation, by signing partnerships with other nations.
What confirms Brian Kalafatian, researcher and doctoral student in political science at the Institute of Strategy and Defense Studies (IESD): “ The future of the Russian space sector will depend on its ability to preserve key strategic capacities as well as tools intended to guarantee its national security, such as access to space, land observation and geolocation, while strengthening its alliances with states sharing similar visions. In this context, spatial cannot be considered in isolation; He is intrinsically linked to more general strategic and political issues. Thus the future of Russian space promises to be rich in challenges, but also in opportunities, while the Federation tries to reaffirm its status in a global changing environment. »
If Russia continues its spatial ambitions by helping Iran, should we believe as announced by the Iranian space agency (ISA): an Iranian astronaut in space in 2030? It seems highly improbable and it will still take time … Even with the support of the Russians.
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