Tag: Israel Space Agency

The nanosatellite was launched into space by SpaceX.

Beresheet 2 – this time with two landers intended to go to the lunar surface -- is expected to launch in 2025.

The new program’s goals include doubling the number of Israeli space companies and quadrupling the annual transactions in the industry.

Israel is the 15th country in the agreements.

An Innovative Technology has been Launched into Space.

In early 2022, the second Israeli astronaut, Eytan Stibbe, will cross the atmosphere on his way to the International Space Station.

While oxygen is needed for human life, most of it is used for the spacecraft’s launch and travel, as it is a vital component for fuel combustion.

“We are setting out on a new path, familiar but different, at the end of which we hope to land three spacecraft safely on the moon."

The Weizmann Institute’s project is one of four selected by NASA for potential launch in 2026.

Dror 1 is intended to meet Israel’s satellite communications needs for approximately 15 years.

Also seen is the plaque installed on the spacecraft, with the Israeli flag and the inscriptions "Am Yisrael Chai" and "Small Country, Big Dreams."

"The planned maneuver took into account the problems that were identified in the star trackers after launch."

The spacecraft has detached from its launcher and completed its planned orbit of the Earth.

A look inside Israel's mission control center.

“After the launch, our crew will take control of Beresheet and begin the journey to the moon!”

"Genesis ready. It's all set. Please wish her Godspeed."

NASA will have access to data gathered by the magnetometer installed aboard the Israeli spacecraft.

“We are in the final stretch before the launch and preparations are at full power.”

First Israeli lunar spacecraft set to land on moon Feb. 13, 2019, making Israel fourth country to reach Earth's satellite.

Last year, the Israel Space Agency signed an agreement with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) to use its expertise in the examination of deep space radiation effects and its absorption in the human body.

“When they get back, the knowledge and experience they will have accumulated will assist them in promoting the field of space exploration in Israel.”

The satellite will help a farmer see the spatial and temporal changes of crops in the entire field, and on an intra-field scale of small plots as well.

Israel is launching two civilian satellites into space, neither of them little more than the size of a carton of milk.

The satellite will be ground controlled by IAI in Israel which will be linked to two sub-stations in the Toulouse Space Center, France, and the Technological Mission Center, Rafael, Haifa, Israel.

Israeli startup StemRad has designed a vest that not only protects against gamma rays in space, but also can be used here on Earth.

The competition is slated to end in late 2017 when the team will launch Israel’s first-ever spacecraft to the Moon.

Israel’s SpaceIL enters Google Lunar XPrize Competition and attempts to land the first Israeli spacecraft on the moon, a senior MFA official tells UN.

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