![Pompeo blasts Iran’s space program in wake of military satellite launch]()
Pompeo: “Iran’s space program is neither peaceful nor entirely civilian."
![Satellites at war: A week of U.S.-Iran tensions sum up military reliance on space]()
The U.S. military drone strikes that killed Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani on Jan. 3 and Iran’s retaliatory ballistic missile attack on U.S. bases in Iraq a few days later were a stark illustration of the critical role of satellites.
![Defense intelligence report highlights Iran’s advances in space technology]()
The report titled ”Iran Military Power” is part of a Defense Intelligence Agency effort to inform government leaders and the public on major foreign military challenges.
![Commentary | Space Programs of North Korea, Iran: Covert Twins?]()
The only two space programs that seem to be stuck in their embryonic “prestige” stage are those of North Korea and Iran.
Nader Modanlo was found guilty by a federal jury in Maryland of illegally helping Iran launch its first satellite.
![SN Blog | Monkey Business?: Before-and-After Pictures Raise Doubts about Iran’s Launch Claims]()
British newspaper raises questions about whether the monkey actually returned from the suborbital flight
Obama signed into law a disaster relief bill that will deliver $15 million to NASA to repair facilities.
Obama signed into law a disaster relief bill that will deliver $15 million to NASA to repair facilities.
Iranian space officials announced they successfully launched a live monkey into space.
![Sanctions Prompt Eutelsat To Drop Iranian TV Channels]()
PARIS — Satellite fleet operator Eutelsat on Oct. 15 said it has stopped carrying channels from Iran’s state broadcaster following sanctions on Iran imposed by the European Union and a judgment from the French government broadcast regulator.
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), which occasionally invites criticism for failing to enforce its own regulatory rules, deserves credit for rejecting Iran’s bid to retain rights to a satellite orbital slot for which it has missed repeated utilization deadlines.
![‘TV Without Borders’ Regs Help Iran Dodge U.S.-led Embargo]()
PARIS — Satellite fleet operator SES’s experience with an Iranian satellite television network in Europe illustrates the complexities of applying the U.S.-led embargo on commercial transactions with the Iranian regime and those deemed to be serving it.
PARIS — The Iranian government has found a satellite operator willing to lease or sell it an in-orbit telecommunications satellite to move to an orbital slot to which Iranian rights expired in July, the Iranian government has told international regulators.
![Satellite Regulators Rebuff Iran, Punt on Avanti Dispute]()
PARIS — International regulators rejected an Iranian appeal to keep rights to an orbital position despite the lack of a satellite and declined to address Luxembourg’s argument that Britain’s Avanti should be refused rights to a slot it already occupies, according to government and industry officials.
![Inmarsat, Israeli Group Spar over Iranian Oil Tanker Links]()
PARIS — Allegations by an Israeli legal group that mobile satellite services provider Inmarsat is selling prohibited communications to Iranian government-controlled oil tankers and other ships has once again raised the issue of the liability limits of a satellite operator with a global customer base whose identity is often not disclosed.
