TEL AVIV: For decades, Israel has stood as one of the smallest nations to have an indigenous space program, with a national security capability built around large, exquisite capabilities. Now, with the potential of small satellites — cheaper to launch, cheaper to design and cheaper to lose in a combat scenario — being embraced around…
By Arie Egozi“I think it will be incumbent on governments pretty soon to force operators to have some way to get their satellite out of the way [when it fails] and get it into a proper graveyard orbit,” says Michael Pollack, who does business development for Effective Space.
By Theresa HitchensTEL AVIV: Israel is planning constellations of nano satellites, built by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), that will allow almost continuous coverage of “areas of interest,” which are likely to include Iran, Syria, Lebanon and other countries, according to experts that are not connected in any way to the program. IAI refused to comment. The first nano satellite…
By Arie Egozi