Israeli radar spysat


From the description, this is going to be yet another radar spysat.


http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/DocView.asp?did=1000179514&fid=1725

Israel to launch spy satellite from foreign country

The decision on the foreign launch was made after the three failures
of the "Shavit" launcher.
Amnon Barzilai 4 Feb 07 17:34

Sources inform ''Globes'' that Israel is to launch an advanced
surveillance satellite from the territory of a foreign country. This
will be the first time that Israel has not used the local "Shavit"
launcher to launch an operational espionage satellite.

The satellite in question is manufactured by Israel Aerospace
Industries Ltd. subsidiary MBT (MABAT) - Weapon Systems and Space
Technology, and it can take images in both daytime and nighttime, in
all visibility and weather conditions. Speaking last week at a
symposium on Israel's space policy at the Fisher Institute for Air and
Space Strategic Studies in Herzilya Ministry of Defense space program
head Brig. Gen. (res) Prof. Haim Eshed said the satellite would be a
global breakthrough and that it would provide the infrastructure for
the micro satellite industry in Israel.

Israel Air Force Commander, Maj. Gen. Eliezer Shkedi, who also
addressed the symposium said that Israel should be concerned by
China's attempts at satellite interception. "Israel needs to make sure
it knows both how to create assets in space and how to safeguard
them," he said.

It is believed that Israel will launch the satellite from India, and
that for the first time, it will be launched using an Indian satellite
launcher rather than the Israeli "Shavit" launcher.

The state of the Shavit's operational fitness was apparently one of
the reasons behind the move of the satellite launch to a foreign
country, where another launcher could be used in its place. In two of
the three launches made over the last decade, the Shavit failed to
propel the "Ofek" satellite out of the earth's atmosphere. These
failures caused losses totaling $200 million, and reduced the early
warning capacity that the defense establishment seeks to maintain in
order to cope with the Iranian threat.

The new radar satellite, called "Tech Saar," is equipped with a
special antenna. It differs in size and shape to the "Ofek" but will
be a similar weight, 350-400 kg. The defense establishment is covering
the full cost of its development and production.

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