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Now in Bulgaria 🇧🇬! Dr. Mehran Mirshams the head of the space research laboratory has been invited to present two seminars, by Sofia Technical University (STU). STU is one of the Bulgarian lead universities in the field of Aero engineering. The Aero-Transport faculty of STU is going to run Space System Engineering Master program to make foundation for future space related programs in the country. Two presented seminars has [...]

Morteza Abbasi, the Executive Manager of the Space Research Lab, has reached a significant milestone in his career by attaining the Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI). The PMP certification is a globally recognized credential for professionals in the field of project management. What is the PMP Certification? The Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is one of the most respected and widely recognized certifications [...]

Designing the Trajectory of the Exploratory Mission to the Moon In a groundbreaking research project led by Saba Amjadian under the supervision of Dr. Mehran Mirshams and the guidance of Dr. Mehdi Jafari Nadooshan, the trajectory of an exploratory mission to the moon has been meticulously designed. This research seeks to address the overlooked aspects of the moon's formation mechanism and its potential as a testing ground for new [...]

Title: Feasibility of using supercapacitor in the design of cubesat electric power subsystem By Katayoon KankiaSupervisor: Dr. Mehran MirshamsChairmen: Dr. Ehsan Zabihian Dr. Mahdi Jafari Nadoushan (K. N. Toosi University of Technology)September 20, 2023 Nowadays, given the appropriate performance of small satellites, there is a need to increase the storage capacity of electric power in the design and construction of these satellites by our beloved country, Iran, as payloads [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

Students of Satellites System Engineering course have finished and presented successfully their hands on training Projects, under Niki Sajad advisory( second from the left). They have built ADCS, PG, Remote Sensing Sensor, and TC subsystems integrated them in a CubeSat model and tested it on a Air-bearing basement!

Soroush students visited The Space School Laboratory at Amirkabir Research Institute 11, January 2023

Purposes 1. Provides a balancing attitude for the CubeSat model. 2. Provided balanced status for attitude control programs. Innovations 1. Satellite attitude control programs can be tested on it. 2. Reactive wheel is used as orientation and reduction of disturbances resulting from the movement of two horizontal actuators. Usage 1. If used for attitude control programs of CubeSat without placing a CubeSat, the weight of the simulator [...]

Title: Designing an adaptive robust observer for underactuation fault diagnosis of SSS-1 satellite. By Mohammad Zarourati Supervisor: Dr. Mehran Mirshams Advisor: Dr. Morteza Tayefi Chairmen: Dr. Abdolmajied Khoshnood (K. N. Toosi University of Technology) December 11, 2022

Niki Sajjad participated in the 20th Space Generation Congress (SGC) and the 73rd International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Paris from 13 to 22 September. Niki was one of the 30 students and young professionals from across the globe to be selected as the 2022 IAF Emerging Space Leaders grantee and got an invaluable opportunity to network with experts and present her work in front of the key players in [...]

Title: Upgrade balance system for CubeSat attitude simulator based on the air bearing platform By Mahdi Rivandi Supervisor: Dr. Mehran Mirshams Advisor: Mr. Mohammad Zarorati Chairmen: Dr. Mahdi Jafari Nadoushan (K. N. Toosi University of Technology), Dr. Mohammad Ali Noorian (K. N. Toosi University of Technology) September 22, 2022 In order to test the attitude control of a satellite, it is necessary to have attitude control [...]

Congratulations, Niki Sajad, PhD student and the head of SRL ‘s simulation office has been awarded by IAC2022 , Read more

APSCO SSS project FRR meeting started! More info

Space Professionals Webinar Held on Sunday, May 8th 4:00 - 6:00 PM Kuwait Time

Title: Simulation and implementation of interplanetary CubeSat closed-loop attitude control based on the air-bearing platform By Morteza Abbasi Supervisor: Dr. Mehran Mirshams Advisors: Ms. Niki Sajjad Chairmen: Dr. Alireza Basohbat Novinzad (K.N. Toosi University of Technology), Dr. Abdolmajid Khoshnood (K.N. Toosi University of Technology) March 2, 2022 Abstract: With the increasing expansion of interplanetary missions and space exploration, flight control, guidance, and navigation programs for space systems have become [...]

SRL team took part in the exhibition Space Technology capacities held by the Iranian space agency and ICT ministry. SRL introduced the CubeSat hands-on training packages and their capabilities to the ICT minister, Iranian Space Agency head, and visitors in this exhibition.

Space Maneuvers Simulation Room and its infrastructure, step by step, are becoming ready for Operational Tests.

Title: Electro-optical orbit determination with using the COTS equipment By Mojtaba NamvarSupervisor: Dr. Mehran MirshamsAdvisors: Alireza VafaChairmen: Dr. Hamed Alisadeghi (K. N. Toosi University of Technology), Dr. Alireza Basohbat Novinzad (K. N. Toosi University of Technology)January 12, 2022 Determining the orbits of satellites is essential for planning and carrying out space projects. As in the past, the issue of determining the orbits of planets and objects in space has [...]

SRL members celebrated Dr. Mirshams’ birthday on this very special day! They all wish him a splendid year filled with happiness, health, and success. Happy Birthday Dr. Mirshams! We are so grateful for getting a chance to work under your supervision ❤️

Niki Sajjad and Morteza Abbasi have participated in different JWST live streams programs at Galactic guests Adib astronomy center as space systems specialists.

Unfortunately, After the presentation of the MIL phase And unlike team member's Effort in this phase and their good result on MIL, They could not reach an agreement with the competition officials to build an engineering model.Best wishes and luck to SRLSAT team members for their subsequent adventure in their life.✌️

Dr. Mahdi Jafari, Morteza Abbasi, and Abbas Rezaiee S.R.L. members have taken part in a webinar in the corporation of S.R.L. and the Aerospace scientific association of K.N.T. university. Students asked their questions and discussed the space engineering field and challenges in this area.

Title: Attitude Path Design and Control of SSS-1 Satellite.By Mohammad ZarouratiSupervisor: Dr. Mehran MirshamsAdvisor: Dr. Morteza TayefiChairmen: Dr. Abdolmajied Khoshnood (K. N. Toosi University of Technology)December 19, 2021

The Space Research Laboratory team has participated in the Global Satellite Tracking initiative, a competition launched by SGAC in collaboration with SatNOGS. Our team has made it to the interview phase! The SatNOGS project aims to build a global network of satellite ground stations. It is designed as an open source participatory project based on the users operating a ground station that is accessed via a web page for all [...]

On Sunday, 1 Nov. 202, The SRLSAT team presented and tested the MIL Phase of The SRLSAT to CubeSat competition managers and jurors.

A group of freshmen had a short visit to Space Research Lab. SRL executive manager Mr. Morteza Abbasi introduced the current Lab's research titles and showed them some of the student teams' outcomes.

The APSCO SSS-1 and SSS-2A were successfully launched on 14 October, and the satellites are performing early operation procedures normally. APSCO has organized an on-line technical meeting on 25th October (Monday) to report the launching and preliminary operation status of the 2 satellites as well as to discuss the technical details for the satellite and ground station interface, and operation plan. The Project members and the technical experts have participated [...]

Title: Design and implementation of attitude determination system for Cubesat using image processing with deep learning By Alireza Amirkhani Supervisor: Dr. Mehran Mirshams Advisors: Mr. Mohsen Shahmirzaei, Ms. Niki Sajjad Chairmen: Dr. Alireza Basohbat Novinzadeh (K.N. Toosi University of Technology), Dr. Hamed Alisadeghi (K.N. Toosi University of Technology) October 17, 2021. Abstract: For many years, satellite attitude determination has been done using sensors such as sun [...]

SSS1 and SSS2A Satellites launched successfully today 14th Oct 2021 at 1850 hrs Beijing time. Health status of satellites and launch snaps will be shared as soon as they are made available. Launch movie

On the occasion of World Space Week, the Space Research Laboratory is holding a Webinar: "Space projects, from start to launch (introduction of required skills, entry and activity routes)"

Niki Sajjad, National Point of contact for Iran Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC), will Speak in "An Inspiration Towards Young Specialists In Space Research" Webinar.

Title: Design of attitude controller for a remote sensing satellite in various imaging modes, with actuator fault tolerant and under-actuated conditions. By Mohammad Zarourati Supervisor: Dr. Mehran Mirshams Advisor: Dr. Morteza Tayefi Chairmen: Dr. Kamran Raissi Charmcani (Amirkabir University of Technology), Dr. Nima Assadian (Sharif University of Technology), Dr. Amirhossein Nikoofard (K. N. Toosi University of Technology), Dr. Abdolmajied Khoshnood (K. N. Toosi University of Technology) September 15, 2021 [...]

Mr. Nojoomi, an intern in the Space Research Laboratory, completed his internship project "Cold Gas Nozzle measurement stand" and passed its operational tests.

Iranian Space Agency, with the cooperation of Space Research Lab, is going to hold an event to empower the private sector in satellite propulsion and identify the related capacities and challenges. In addition to introducing technological demands and the capacity of the private sector technology firms to meet them, an empowerment course is going to hold for the firms with a focus on market knowledge, innovation management, standards, and tests. [...]

APSCO, Iranian Space Agency, APSCO and SRL organized A Distance Training Course on " Micro-Satellite's Statistical Design Method" during August 23-26, 2021. More than 70 young specialists and students from 8 APSCO Member States countries have participated in this course. Micro-Satellite design method presented in this 4 days short course. More

SRL-SAT team, Space research lab's Student team, which have taken part in CubeSat competition. Won first place in the first round of the competition—congratulation to SRL-Sat team members.

SRL executive manager, Morteza Abbasi, will give a speech on the Space engineering discipline introduction webinar.

Webinar “ SRL Student Teams Experiences “, Niki Sajad, SRL Research Manager and Alireza Amirkhani, SRL Senior Researcher share their experiences with audience. The webinar has been organized by K. N. Toosi University Of Technology.

Mr. Morteza Abbasi, Lab Executive Manager, Claimed the most tallest mountain 🏔 in Iran “Damavand” . He takes SRL flag with himself to top of the Iran.

APSCO Secretariat is organizing the Development Plan Committee Meeting, during 5-9 July 2021, via teleconference to discuss and brainstorm about mechanism for improving the implementation of cooperative projects listed in the APSCO Strategic Plan (2021-2030). Objectives of the Meeting: There are 4 specific objectives of this meeting, i.e., 1) To review the detailed proposals of projects listed in the current 10-Year Strategic Plan and select some appropriate projects to [...]

SRL logo now on the top of TOCHAL mountain 🏔, Tehran.Morteza Abbasi, in the middle, has climbed to the 3964 m high mountain at north of Iran capital.We believe in physical care as much as mental.

29 May 2021 NIKI SAJJAD is officially designated as National Point of Contact for Iran; By Executive Council of the Space Generation Advisory Council in Support of the United Nations Programme on Space Applications (SGAC). Her term will last for two years, until May 2023. During that time, she is appointed to act as representative of SGAC in Iran.

Space Research Laboratory organized this webinar in collaboration with the KNTU Aerospace Scientific Association. In this webinar, Mr. Morteza Abbasi, Executive Director of the Space Research Laboratory, introduced space engineering, stated the prerequisite of students for study in this field, and a Q&A session was held at the end.

Space Research Laboratory's students and researchers held a virtual meeting to celebrate teacher's day. All the members congratulated this day and wished peace, well-being, and success to Dr. Mehran Mirshams, Professor of KNTU Aerospace engineering faculty and The Space Research Laboratory director.

The end-of-year meeting of the members of the Space Research Laboratory was held virtually due to Covid-19 restrictions. Dr. Mehran Mirshams, Head of the Laboratory, while congratulating the arrival of the New Year, wished a year full of success, well-being and health to the members of the laboratory and all the people of the world. Hoping for better, happier days and Elimination of the Covid-19 virus. Happy Nowruz [...]

Visit of students group from SRL. Sunday 28 February the group of high-school students had a short visit of Space Research Lab. SRL executive manager Mr. Morteza Abbasi introduced current Lab’s research titles and show them some of the students teams outcomes. Such activities help high-school students to choose their future specialty more accurately.

RECOVE team got the first place in the Rahneshan National Talent Competition, after months of hard work. This Competition was held in different areas and RECOVE achieved the highest score in the "Recovery of Microsatellite" project.

Presentation of SRL-team’s paper at 43 COSPAR-Hybrid Assembly. A0.5 session 1 February 2021.

COSPAR 2021, 43d COSPAR scientific Assembly is opening now!! SRL’s team is here, presenting “CubeSat Hands-on Training Package, (CHTP)”, paper. You can find the full presentation in: Presentation

Satellite Design || Course, student team’s projects presentation, 2end semester of 2021 educational year.

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SSS-1 ADCS flight model (FM) tests are undergoing COVID -19 pandemic do not stop ✋ developing activities of APSCO SSS project. Today Beihung University and SRL teams run several preparation test works. These works provided in “ MINO-SPACE” company tests room in Beijing/ China 🇨🇳.

The Progress Review Meeting on APSCO Student Small Satellite (SSS) Project was organized on 17-19 November, 2020, through a Teleconference. The Project Management Board (PMB), experts and officials from all Member States, project management team from APSCO Secretariat and project leading Universities and institutions participated in the meeting . The aim of the meeting was, review of progress of the SSS project implantation and the work done by the [...]

The 6th "Science for All" festival, together with " Science for Peace and Development International Week" will be carried on from 10 to 20 November 2020 in Tehran/Iran. This year because of Covide-19 pandemic, festival will be run online. SRL with introduction of two it's new products, will participate in this year festival at " Science Promoter's" section. Visit Site More info

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The second activity of joint science outreach project between Space Research Labratory and Mahani Observatory is launched in from of student summer activity in Astronomy classes of summer shcool in Shahid Mahdavi educational complex in July 2020. Respect to this project, students exposed to construction manual of a simple telescope, to enhance their day and night observational experiences. at the end of summer, the results will be assesssed in [...]

SRL student team has passed all the Engineering Models’ test of Nasir-1 CubeSat. In spite of Covid-19 limitations, and semester final exams, team has been working hard 😓 for two last weeks to overcome all the “Morphies law” surprises. Iranian Space Agency’s experts who followed the process in site confirmed tests results. According to theirs announcement K.N.Toosi University’s CubeSat team is the first team among the 3 finalists teams [...]

Nasir-1 CubeSat Engineering Model ongoing tests by student 👩‍🎓&👨‍🎓 team. According to the project time line Nasir-1 Engineering Model EM functional tests has to be finish by the end of June 2020. CubeSat team is working hard 😓 nowadays to overcome this milestone. Iranian Space Agency (ISA) experts will be with us in next Sunday and Saturday. Wish them all good luck 🍀!

The competition-based event "Satellite Constellation Design Challenge" with the support of the Iranian Space Agency and the Iranian Space Research Center, was held from October 2019 to May 2020 With a focus on Earth monitoring and observation, communication network and local navigation. 16 teams from different universities from all over the country participated in the competition which was hold in the conceptual design level. The team of Toosi Constellation [...]

The closing ceremony of the competition-based event "Satellite Constellation Design Challenge" with the support of the Iranian Space Agency and the Iranian Space Research Center, with the participation of 16 teams from different universities will be held as a webinar. the Toosi Constellation Team will present their project within this ceremony, which is "Conceptual Design of a Satellite constellation toward the creation of a Smart Maritime communication Network." The [...]

The 18th International Conference of Iranian Aerospace Society was held in Amirkabir University of Technology Feb.2020 and Mr. Alireza Amirkhani presented his paper in 4 February 2020 that the title was "Space Bus in GEO".

Specific limitations due to Covid-19 Pandemic leads us to conduct series of knowledge based and fun activities for students in Space Research Laboratory. Our outreach branch is a cooperation with Mahani observatory and Astronomy complex in Tehran, so we decided to execute the project at this center. Our first proposed activity is “Paper-Straw Rocket”. It is a simple made, paper rocket that can be launched from a soda straw [...]

on January 11, 2020, Signing a memorandum of cooperation between Space Research Laboratory and Mahani Observatory. From the first one of the major goals of SRL was "IRAN Future Space Development".Through the past decade  different activities and projects has been provided by SRL teams. We tried to help school students at every level of education, know space and think about it's benefits for our planet. It seems [...]

SSS-1 ADCS Em test has been provided by SRL team in Beihang University Beijing/China. SRL em version has passed all the planed test successfully.

Second group of SRL Student Small Satellite(SSS) projects’ team leave Tehran to Beijing today. SRL team together with Beihang Uni. are going to provide SSS-1 ADCS EM test within next 2 weeks. Wish them Good Luck

The Head of Iranian Space Agency, Dr. Morteza Barari visits space research lab on the occasion of World Space Week 2019

Title: Developing a sample cubesat with a magnetic-based control system By: Zeinab Soltani Supervisor: Dr. Mehran Mirshams Chairmen: Dr. Masoud Ebrahimi (Tarbiat Modares University), Dr. Morteza Tayefi (K. N. Toosi University of Technology) September 16, 2019 Abstract: According to the high cost of manufacturing and launching a satellite, confirming the accurate functionality of each subsystem is extremely momentous. So, many tests are supposed to be done to [...]

Title: Design and Implementation of Control Modes for Student Micro Satellite By: Niki Sajjad Supervisor: Dr. Mehran Mirshams Adviser: Mr. Shahrokh Jalilian Chairman: Dr. Shabnam Yazdani (Iranian Space Agency), Dr. Morteza Tayefi (K. N. Toosi University of Technology) September 14, 2019 Abstract: This thesis represents design, analysis and performance verification test of student microsatellite Attitude Determination and Control Subsystem (ADCS). ADCS design and implementation procedure contains several various [...]

The Critical Design Review (CDR) Meeting of The APSCO Student Small Satellite (SSS) Project August 21-29, Beijing, China More info on APSCO site

ADCS Hands-on Training workshop on The Third Summer Camp of APSCO Student Small Satellite (SSS) Project has Successfully Completed. Read More More info on APSCO site

The 9th International Recent Advances in Space Technologies (RAST) 2019 conference was held in Istanbul 11-14 June, and Mr. Parsa Abbasrezaei present his paper 13th June which was about “Conceptual GEO Telecommunication All-electric Design Base on Statistical Model.”

School space lab team and The IAU Einstein Schools team from SRL Participated in the Astronomy Day in Mahani Observatory at Shahid Mahdavi Educational Complex. The vacuum simulator and the cubesat ADCS simulator were exhibited for the general public

A group of students from the Space Research Laboratory gathered at the Space Research Laboratory on Sunday May 15th to congratulate Professor Dr. Mehran Mirshams.

Happy Persian New Year

Nasir 1 the first CubeSat K. N. Toosi University of Technology which have been design and develop by student teams of SRL, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering and Faculty of Electrical Engineering has been shown in the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology head quarter. Read More

The Opening ceremony of the first space School Lab held in Amirkabir Institute in Ministry of Education. This Lab has been design, develop and established by Space Research Lab., K. N. Toosi University of Technology and has been supported by Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology (Presidency of the Islamic Republic of Iran)

Starting the educational process of the first school space laboratory at the Amirkabir research center

Paper Presentation by: Ms. Sara Mirshekari Authors: Sara Mirshekari, Ehsan Zabihian, Mehran Mirshams, Peyman Nikpey Paper Title: Statistical GEO satellite's reliability analysis based on operational life time. Date: 31 December; 2018 Place: Tehran/Iranian Space Research Center (ISRC) Symposium: 4th Specialized Meeting of Scientific and Technical Achievements of Iranian Space Research Center Paper Presentation by: Ms. Niki Sajjad Authors: Niki Sajjad, Shahrokh Jalilian, Mehran Mirshams Paper Title: Micro [...]

Visit Chief Executive Officer of Iranian Space Research Center from Space Research Lab. On December 9th, 2018 On December 9, 2018, the Chair of the Iranian Space Research Center, Dr. Samimi, along with the accompanying delegation (Mr. Dr. Jafar Salihi, Dr. Abdollahi, Dr. Libibian, Dr. Reisi) and with the presence of the chairman of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Mr. Karimi Mazareeshahi, at a three Hours visit from the Space [...]

Title: CubeSat Lunar Mission Design By Zahra Hoodan Supervisor: Dr. Mehran Mirshams Chairmen: Dr. Hasan Naseh (Aerospace Research Institute), Dr. Mahdi Jafari Nadoushan (K. N. Toosi University of Technology) September 12, 2018 Space exploration and travelling to The Moon and Mars, was the topic of world space week in 2017, and also the 2019-year theme will be "The Moon: Gateway to the stars". Furthermore, the space [...]

Title: GEO communication satellites reliability analysis based on operational life By Sara MirshekariSupervisor: Dr. Mehran MirshamsAdvisor: Dr. Ehsan ZabihianChairman: Dr. Saeid Irani (K. N. Toosi University of Technology), Dr. Hasan Naseh (Aerospace Research Institute)September 11, 2018 Abstract: The geosynchronous satellites as a complicated system with high lifetime in order to design and manufacturing need to certain and step by step process allocation and analysis of reliability. Regard [...]

Title: Systematic Design of a Satellite with Design Structure Matrix (DSM) Method By Mahdi BayatSupervisor: Dr. Mehran MirshamsAdvisor: E. Sajad GhazanfarniaChairman: September 11, 2018 Abstract The purpose of this study is to introduce and propose design structure matrix in the conceptual designing phase for CubeSats. The designing process began from eliciting performance parameters and culminated in the formation of design structure matrix, determining dependencies and finally their optimization. Optimization of [...]