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Israel Tests 1st Radar-Imagery Satellite
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli defense and industry leaders anxiously are awaiting the planned operational certification of TecSAR, the nation’s first radar imaging satellite, which was inserted into orbit Jan. 21 by an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle. By Feb. 3, sources here say, initial streams of TecSAR-generated synthetic aperture radar imagery are expected to reach the government’s secure ground station on the campus of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), builder of the 300-kilogram satellite and its multi-mode payload.

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Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-02-03
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