Aerospace Research Institute

35°45′47″N 51°22′42″E / 35.763°N 51.37831°E / 35.763; 51.37831

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Aerospace Research Institute
پژوهشگاه هوافضا
Type	Public
Established	1999
Location	Tehran , Iran
Website	www.ari.ac.ir

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 manned 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.