History of Uzbekistan Space Exploration

Ulugh Beg (Chaghatay/Persian: (میرزا محمد طارق بن شاهرخ (الغ‌بیگ Mīrzā Muhammad Tāriq ibn Shāhrukh (Ulugh Beg) - also Uluğ Bey, Ulugh Bek and Ulug Bek) (c. 1393 or 1394 in Sultaniyeh (Persia) – October 27, 1449) was a Timurid ruler as well as an astronomer, mathematician and sultan. His commonly-known name is not truly a personal name, but rather a moniker, which can be loosely translated as "Great Ruler" or "Patriarch Ruler" and was the Turkic equivalent of Timur's Perso-Arabic title Amīr-e Kabīr[1]. His real name was Mīrzā Mohammad Tāregh bin Shāhrokh. Ulugh Beg was also notable for his work in astronomy-related mathematics, such as trigonometry and spherical geometry.

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The Astronomer: Avicenna

Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Abd Allāh ibn Sīnā', known as Abū Alī Sīnā (Persian: ابوعلی سینا) or Ibn Sīnā (Arabic: ابن سینا‎), and commonly known in English by his Latinized name Avicenna (Greek: Aβιτζιανός, Abitzianos),(c. 980 - 1037) was a Persian[7] polymath and the foremost physician and philosopher of his time.[8] He was also an astronomer, chemist, geologist, logician, paleontologist, mathematician, physicist, poet, psychologist, scientist and teacher.

Ibn Sīnā studied medicine under a physician named Koushyar. He wrote almost 450 treatises on a wide range of subjects, of which around 240 have survived. In particular, 150 of his surviving treatises concentrate on philosophy and 40 of them concentrate on medicine. His most famous works are The Book of Healing, a vast philosophical and scientific encyclopaedia, and The Canon of Medicine, which was a standard medical text at many medieval universities.[12] The Canon of Medicine was used as a text-book in the universities of Montpellier and Louvain as late as 1650.

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Termez, Uzbekistan An Architectural Wonderland

Upon finally entering the Surkhadarya region of Uzbekistan, the air is noticeably warmer and the wheat-fields are a sea of gold. Here the harvest comes a full month before the rest of Uzbekistan.

To the west lies Turkmenistan and to the east, Tajikistan. Abror, my driver, maintains a course due south for Termez. Pine trees fringe the road and the carnations and wild roses are in full bloom.

Termez, located on the banks of the Oxus River between Uzbekistan and Afghanistan has attracted a veritable who’s who of history through its gates. Hakimai-Tirimizi, Genghis Khan, Alexander the Great, Amir Timur and Prince Babur have all passed through Termez, leaving their stamp on the city often referred to as the “Motherload of Antiquities”.

The mausoleum of Hakimai-Tirimizi is a place where Muslims from all over Asia make the pilgrimage to one of Islam’s holy sites.The mausoleum of Hakimai-Tirimizi is a place where Muslims from all over Asia make the pilgrimage to one of Islam’s holy sites.

Considered the crossing point into northern Bactria and the Hindu Kush since time immemorial, Termez is also recognized as the capital of the Greco-Bactrian Empire. Later, when the Kushan Empire solidified, trade between the Indus and Oxus rivers increased and the Silk Road’s traffic through Termez became greater than ever.

Before departing Tashkent for this trip, I pay a visit to Mr. Alisher Shamsiev, deputy chairman for international relations with Uzbektourism, the government’s department of tourism. He introduced me to Professor Zia Ul-Haq, who has spent more than 20 years traveling the Silk Road researching the origins of Buddhism in Central Asia, a contact that proved most valuable.

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The Iran's MESBAH project

The I.R. of Iran has set up the MESBAH satellite project with the following main objectives:
• Enable the Iranian Access to Space by developing, launching and operating a small LEO communication satellite for data collection/distribution, e-mails and store & forward services.
• Reinforce the Iranian Telecommunication Infrastructures by exploiting the capability of the MESBAH satellite of connecting remote villages and rural areas.
•Enhance the Iranian educational and scientific knowledge through practical involvement in Space activities especially in the field of satellite communications.



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LSE silver sponsor at the Global Space Technology Forum in Abu Dhabi

LSE Space Middle East will be silver sponsor at the next Global Space Technology Forum, which will gather several Middle East and African space projects on 7-9 December in Abu Dhabi, and confirms its commitment in this rapidly evolving market.

Frank Niehaus, CEO of LSE Space Middle East, declared: “The Global Space Technology Forum is the first dedicated forum for space technologies in the Middle East. We attended last year's event and have increased our involvement in 2009, as part of our commitment to the UAE and the local companies dealing with space activities. This region needs more access to space to accommodate the increasing demand of the local population for modern communication means and Earth Observation Systems. Space technology is a lighthouse technology for every country, as it helps to develop leading edge technologies and advanced engineering know-how.”