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Israeli company Gilat wins tactical communications contract with US military

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The Israeli company Gilat Satellite Networks won a contract worth millions of dollars for the supply of advanced equipment for tactical communications to the U.S. military. The contract is for the supply of block upconverters...
The TAU-SAT1 nanosatellite, which is approximately the size of a shoebox and weighs less than six pounds. Credit: Tel Aviv University.

Israeli nanosatellite hitches ride on NASA rocket to International Space Station

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A nanosatellite from Tel Aviv University will begin its travel to the International Space Station when it is launched from Wallops Island, Va., on a NASA resupply spacecraft on Saturday. The TAU-SAT1 nanosatellite, which is approximately...
Artist's rendition of the Dror 1, which will be the most advanced communication satellite built in Israel to date. Credit: Israel Aerospace Industries.

An insider’s look at Israel’s next satellite: A ‘smartphone in space’

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Work is on track to develop and build Israel’s next-generation communications satellite, ensuring that Israel will retain its independence in the critical domain of space-based communications, executives from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), which is...
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Tel Aviv University develops, builds and plans to launch small satellite into orbit

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The TAU-SAT1 nanosatellite is currently undergoing pre-flight testing at the Japanese space agency JAXA prior to a planned launch by NASA in the first quarter of 2021. About the size of a shoebox, it was...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (left) and Atomic Energy Organization of Iran head Ali Akbar Salehi, Oct. 15, 2015. Credit: Hamed Malekpour via Wikimedia Commons.

Iran prepares satellite launch linked to ballistic missiles

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Iran is preparing a site for launching a satellite, Iranian Minister of Information and Communications Technology Mohammad Javad Azari-Jahromi said on Monday. “Yes, a site is being prepared for placing the Zafar satellite into orbit,”...