IDF says it destroyed Iranian space facility that worked on ‘attacking satellites’

By Emanuel Fabian

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16 March 2026, 2:05 pm Edit

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

This handout picture taken and released by the Russian space agency Roscosmos on July 25, 2025, shows a rocket booster with a number of satellites, one belonging to Iran, blasting off in far eastern Russia. (Russian Space Agency Roscosmos/AFP)

Illustration: This handout picture taken and released by the Russian space agency Roscosmos on July 25, 2025, shows a rocket booster with a number of satellites, one belonging to Iran, blasting off in far eastern Russia. (Russian Space Agency Roscosmos/AFP)

The IDF says it struck and destroyed an Iranian space facility in Tehran that was used by the regime to develop “capabilities for attacking satellites.”

The site was used to develop various military space programs, including the Chamran-1 satellite, as well as “capabilities to strike satellites, posing a threat to the State of Israel’s satellites and to space assets of other countries around the world,” the military says.