TEHRAN (ANA)- U.S. private space company SpaceX launched 26 new Starlink satellites into orbit.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Iranian Minister of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Seyed Sattar Hashemi announced that the country will launch 3 equipped space bases by the end of the current Persian calendar year (started March 21).

TEHRAN (ANA)- Iran has officially joined China’s lunar exploration program, with plans to send a scientific payload aboard the upcoming Chang’e-8 mission.

TEHRAN (ANA)- A joint specialized meeting was held between the Iranian Space Research Institute and the Petroleum Industry Research Institute with the aim of developing scientific and technological cooperation.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Head of Iran's Space Agency Hassan Salarieh announced that the country plans to send domestically-developed satellites into geostationary equatorial orbits (GEOs) in one year.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Head of Iran’s Space Agency Hassan Salarieh said that the country plans to launch several satellites into space in the new Persian calendar year (started on March 21).

TEHRAN (ANA)- Global warming is affecting space by cooling and shrinking the upper atmosphere, allowing satellites to stay in orbit longer.

TEHRAN (ANA)- NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than next Friday, Feb. 28, to launch two new missions on one single rocket -- one to study more than 450 million galaxies, and the other to observe the sun's corona, according to a NASA update.

TEHRAN (ANA)- U.S. private space company SpaceX launched 23 Starlink satellites into orbit.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Iran announced plans to launch a micro-class satellite into the orbit in the near future.