Sunday, June 9, 2013

Iran Opens First Space Monitoring Center

Iran inaugurated it's new space monitoring center, on Sunday.

The Imam Jafar Sadiq Space Monitoring Center is Iran's first such center.

It will be responsible for monitoring all traffic in space, whether it be satellites, asteroids, or the unknown.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi attended the ceremony.

Vahidi said that monitoring space traffic was an important part of Iranian national security, as there are many dangers to be found in space.

He went on to say that Iran will consider selling it's date to other countries.

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