Israel Space Program
Israel has been forced to deal with security challenges and a shortage of resources.
Israel space program. Ofek 16 is part of a series of israeli satellites first launched in 1988 that were designed to provide the country total control over its own defense and space needs. Has been developing an innovative project that involves a nano satellite with a. Even though the landing failed mission managers said the nation should.
Reuters israel s first spacecraft designed to land on the moon is set to blastoff from florida on thursday in the first privately funded lunar mission as the jewish state. The debut of ofek 1 the first israeli satellite on september 19 1988 is a landmark for the beginning of the israeli space age this happened approximately 30 years after the beginning of the world s space age the launch of sputnik 1. The space program was established in the 1980s at which time israel was the eighth country in the world to succeed in launching and positioning satellites in space.
The israel space agency or isa in hebrew סוכנות החלל הישראלית sochnut hachalal hayisraelit founded following a government decision in 1983 is a national agency operating under the auspices of the ministry of science and technology. And consequently it has focused on miniaturizing the technology and developing small light satellites with high resolution remote sensing and. Its first satellite the ofeq 1 was launched on september 19 1988 from palmachim airbase in israel.
Service for launching scientific experiments into space israel s spacepharma ltd. The agency is responsible for initiating leading and coordinating all activities of the civilian space program. It is part of a constellation.
The groundbreaking samson project is the first of its kind and promoted by the israel space agency at the ministry. Let s have a look at the israeli space program. Nevertheless a posteriori the israeli space program was viewed as a tremendous success.
The israel space agency has had a long history of satellite programs both for reconnaissance and commercial purposes.