Tag: Israel
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Israel’s Spacecom books launch with SpaceX using pre-paid Amos 6 credits
Artist’s concept of the Amos 17 satellite. Credit: Boeing The Israeli satellite operator Spacecom has tapped a Falcon 9 rocket to deliver its next geostationary communications satellite to orbit in 2019 using approximately $50 million in credits the company paid SpaceX for a mission last year that ended in an explosion on the launch pad.…
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IAI sees demand in Earth observation, but few opportunities in telecom
The Israeli-built Optsat 3000 reconnaissance satellite during launch preparations last month in French Guiana. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Baudon Fresh off the successful launch and initial checkout of two of its spacecraft earlier this month, Israel’s top satellite manufacturer sees a robust global market for new low-altitude reconnaissance payloads,…
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Israel’s new spy satellite reportedly encounters trouble after launch
An Israeli spy satellite lifted off Tuesday from a military airbase overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, but officials said the spacecraft ran into unspecified problems shortly after reaching orbit. The Ofeq 11 reconnaissance payload launched at 5:30 p.m. local time (1430 GMT; 10:30 a.m. EDT) Tuesday from the Palmachim Air Force Base, according to the Israeli…
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Musk: No answers so far in ‘difficult’ failure investigation
Credit: US Launch Report SpaceX is more than a week into a company-led probe of a launch pad explosion Sept. 1 that destroyed a Falcon 9 booster and an Israeli communications satellite, but the investigation so far has turned up no smoking gun on the cause of the mishap, Elon Musk said Friday. In a…
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Spacecom to recoup value of lost satellite, could ask SpaceX for compensation
File photo of the Amos 6 satellite during ground testing. Credit: Spacecom Ltd. The Israeli company which owned a commercial communications satellite destroyed in an explosion last week at SpaceX’s launch pad in Florida will receive more than $200 million in payouts stemming from the incident, and hopes to purchase a replacement, officials said Monday.…
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SpaceX rocket and Israeli satellite destroyed in launch pad explosion
Updated with quotes and 45th Space Wing release. Credit: US Launch Report A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded in the final minutes of a simulated countdown at Cape Canaveral on Thursday, destroying the booster and an Israeli communications satellite valued at nearly $200 million. The mishap on Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad Thursday will…
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Video: Falcon 9 rocket explodes on the launch pad
Watch as a 23-story Falcon 9 rocket explodes Thursday morning during a countdown before a pre-launch engine hotfire test at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad. The video was captured a few miles from the launch pad by U.S. Launch Report and posted on YouTube. The incident occurred at 9:07 a.m. EDT (1307 GMT), a…
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Tropical storm could be a factor in SpaceX launch Saturday
File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket before a launch in May. Credit: SpaceX Weather forecasters at Cape Canaveral are keeping an eye on Tropical Storm Hermine in the Gulf of Mexico in case winds and thick clouds from the cyclone threaten the scheduled launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket early Saturday. The Falcon…