Global Counterspace Capabilities:
An Open Source Assessment
Secure World Foundation
April 2020
The following excerpts from the report summarizes Iran’s counterspace strategy and its launch vehicle and satellite programs.
Country Summary
Iran has a nascent space program that includes building and launching small satellites that have limited capability, although it has experienced several recent failed launch attempts. Technologically, it is unlikely Iran has the capacity to build on-orbit or direct-ascent anti-satellite (DA-ASAT) capabilities, and little military motivations to do so at this point. Iran has demonstrated an EW capability to persistently interfere with commercial satellite signals, although the capability against military signals is difficult to ascertain.
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