Tag: Satellite
Israeli company Gilat wins tactical communications contract with US military
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...
Israeli nanosatellite hitches ride on NASA rocket to International Space Station
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...
An insider’s look at Israel’s next satellite: A ‘smartphone in space’
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...
Tel Aviv University develops, builds and plans to launch small satellite into orbit
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...
Iran prepares satellite launch linked to ballistic missiles
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,”...