35°45′47″N 51°22′42″E / 35.763°N 51.37831°E / 35.763; 51.37831

The Aerospace Research Institute (ARI) (Persian: پژوهشگاه هوافضا) is a public advanced research institute founded in 1999 in Tehran, Iran.^[1]

This institute engages in scientific research in affiliation with the Iranian Space Research Center.

• Designing, manufacturing and launching four generations of space sounding rockets (eight sounding payloads)
• Manufacturing and testing the cold gas propulsion system
• Identification of standards used in the designing, manufacturing and testing of space equipment
• Designing and manufacturing the fixed flight simulator for the "Iran-140" airliner
• Codification of the national comprehensive document for aerospace development
• Designing and construction of the microgravity simulator
• Conceptual design of an orbiting spacecraft carrying the living organism
• Aerospace applications in environmental studies and environmental remote sensing

Furthermore, more than 500 completed and 156 ongoing research projects are being carried out currently, entitled:

• Designing, construction and testing the first generation of suborbital crewed spacecraft
• Telemetry conceptual design for the altitude of 250  km
• Designing, manufacturing and testing the recovery system for a 500 kg payload