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On September 12, 2023, Shahram Keshavarzi successfully defended his thesis on "Autonomous Optical Navigation of Interplanetary CubeSats" at K. N. Toosi University of Technology. The thesis, supervised by Dr. Mehran Mirshams and advised by Dr. Alireza Hoseini Arani, presents a general approach for optical tracking and navigation of spacecraft without access to ground-based distance measuring sources. The thesis argues that the recent expansion of CubeSat satellites challenges the traditional paradigm of mission planning for space exploration, which relies on determining the Earth orbit to guide the spacecraft towards the mission objective. With the increase in the total number of spacecraft [...]

APSCO CubeSat Competition (ACC) was kicked off!! The first online workshop has been launched by lecturers from Iran, China and Pakistan. More than 130 participants from all Member States have joined the workshop. Mehran Mirshams the head of SRL presented two lectures: 1- Attitude Determination and Control Subsystem over view and basic concepts, 2- Introduction to Orbital Mechanics.

Niki has been nominated to participate in this year's campaign of the UN under the theme of “Celebrating Ways #YouthLead as Agents of Change for the Global Goals". She is nominated by the Space Generation Advisory Council for her contribution toward the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Read more

We are preparing for participation in a national tender! Tender will be offered by the Iranian Space Agency. It’s about MicroSat’s constellation with Internet Of Things (IOT) service over Iran. Space Research Lab. In cooperation with Space Communication Laboratory of the university are responsible for providing Technical Proposal.🤞

Master students has finished their practical work! Students of this lecture have been teamed up in two groups. Each team has to design, develop and test a CubeSat model. They did it successfully!!

Niki recently had the opportunity to participate in three notable space events, which resulted in meaningful outcomes. Her journey began at the Space Resources Week and Summer Space Festival in Luxembourg, where she actively engaged in various activities. Notably, Niki attended the Space Sustainability workshop during the festival, where she gained valuable insights into the challenges and solutions related to long-term sustainability in space exploration. This experience fostered her understanding of responsible practices and further ignited her passion for promoting a sustainable future in space. Continuing her journey, Niki traveled to Oslo to attend the Global Space Conference on Climate [...]

Peruvian specialist continues working with CubeSat Hands-on Training Package (CHTP). George Steve Fajardo Soria and his friends participated at hands-on training work-shop which has been organized by APSCO at Shanghai University of Technology in 2019 China, before the Covid perturbation!!!!! In the work-shop by interactive activities, participants got involved with ADCS making and test. they made a Cubesat model with one axis control and tested it on an airbearing stand. Now they use their knowledge and abilities to develop their on CubeSat on the bases of that model. we are very happy with the results of this kind of educational [...]

Space Sustainability work shop has been held by Luxembourg Space Agency at FPL. Niki Sajad from our side has an active contribution to the workshop.

Happy Nowrouz, Wishing you a new yearfield with health, prosperity, joy and contentment.