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Groundwork Being Laid to Launch Israeli Space Satellite in 1990’s

March 23, 1983
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Science and Development Minister Yuval Ne’eman, who today chaired the founding meeting of the Israel Space Agency, said the groundwork was being laid to launch an Israeli space satellite “within ten years or so.”

He said the Israeli satellite, for communications or weather forecasting, would have to be launched in cooperation with either the American NASA or the European Space Agency. In the meantime, Ne’eman said, the Israel Space Agency would be laying the groundwork for Israeli space work through contacts with foreign agencies, joint research and local research and development work.

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