Posts Tagged: Israel satellite
Israeli Micro-Satellite Start-Up Signs $100 Million Deal With ‘Major’ Operator
JNS.org - The Israeli micro-satellite developer Effective Space Solutions last week announced the signing of a $100 million multi-year contract to provide satellite maintenance services to...
Israeli Satellite Yields Unique Photos of Jerusalem
JNS.org - The Venus research satellite, operated by the Israel Space Agency at the Science and Technology Ministry, transmitted its first images from outer space on...
Israel Launching Two New Satellites Into Space Simultaneously
JNS.org - Israel is set to simultaneously launch two new satellites into space for the first time. Early on Wednesday, the Israel Space Agency (ISA) will launch...
French-Israeli Environmental Research Satellite Set for Launch This Summer
JNS.org - The construction of Venus, Israel’s first environmental research satellite, has been completed. The satellite is set to be launched into space this summer. A vegetation...
Israel’s Amos-7 Space Communications Satellite Becomes Operational
JNS.org - An Israeli space communications satellite began operating this week, marking a major milestone after the loss of two similar satellites in as many years. The Amos-7,...
Israel Launches First Nanosatellite for Scientific Research
JNS.org - Israel launched its first nanosatellite -- “BGUSAT” -- earlier this week as part of an academic initiative by Ben-Gurion University that allows researchers to...
Ofek-11 Satellite Makes First Contact After 9 Days in Orbit
JNS.org - Israel's Ofek-11 surveillance satellite transmitted its first images Thursday, nine days after it was launched into orbit, dispelling concerns that it might have been...
US and Israel to Cooperate on Preventing Satellite Collisions in Space
JNS.org - Israel and the U.S. on Monday announced an agreement to cooperate on tracking and preventing collisions between satellites in orbit in outer space. The agreement...
Israel to Launch First Civilian Satellite Into Orbit in 2015
JNS.org - Israel will launch its first civilian satellite into orbit in December 2015, Israel Space Agency Chairman Maj. Gen. (res) Yitzhak Ben Israel...
New Satellite Will Be Israel’s ‘Eye’ in the Sky
JNS.org - Rachel and Max Javit love Israel. And because they do, they are helping to boost the Jewish state's ability to keep an...
Cabinet Minister Highlights Israel’s Pioneering Space Efforts
Drawing on Israeli technological and scientific prowess, Israel's top science minister highlighted Israel's ambitious space efforts including a project by an Israeli company to be...
