First Israeli Research Satellite Launched into Space

(Times of Israel) Shoshanna Solomon - Israel successfully launched into space Wednesday a new nanosatellite to conduct scientific missions for Ben-Gurion University. BGUSAT - a little larger than a milk carton - is outfitted with innovative cameras that can photograph a large array of weather phenomena. In addition, a project from Tel Aviv University was one of four experiments included on the SpacePharma nanosatellite, a Swiss-based project launched in the same rocket. The rocket was launched from the southern Indian spaceport of Sriharikota by India's Space Research Organization and carried a record 104 satellites.


2017-02-15 00:00:00

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