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The Soyuz-2.1b rocket blasts off carrying Iran's Pars-1 satellite at the Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, February 29, 2024. (Roscosmos space corporation via AP)
October 12, 2024, 11:36 pm
Iran sends 2 satellites to Russia for rocket launch, says they’re for civilian purposes
Satellites could be for agriculture, environmental monitoring, disaster management and communications, but US has warned in past they could be used to identify targets in Israel
By Reuters and ToI Staff
This undated photo provided by Iranian Space Agency, ISA, shows the Chamran-1 satellite which Iran launched into space on September 14, 2024, with a rocket built by the country's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard. (ISA via AP)
September 14, 2024, 10:32 pm
Iran says it launched satellite that West fears may advance ballistic missile program
Tehran claims satellite built to ‘test hardware and software systems for orbital maneuver technology validation’
By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell
Screen capture from video of the launch of Israeli-made satellite DS-SAR, constructed for Singapore and launched from India, July 30, 2023. (YouTube/used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 30, 2023, 1:02 pm
Israeli-built satellite blasts into space for Singaporean customers
DS-SAR reconnaissance platform launched from Indian space center; reportedly to provide imagery for government agencies
By ToI Staff
TAU-SAT1, the nanosatellite developed by Tel Aviv University. (Tel Aviv University)
February 21, 2021, 5:44 pm
Israeli-made nanosatellite released into Earth orbit
Astronauts aboard International Space Station launch Tel Aviv University’s TAU-SAT1, which will measure cosmic radiation around Earth
By ToI Staff
Left: Jewish-Soviet engineer Anatoliy Davidovich Daron was responsible for the rocket engine that put Sputnik I into space. (Courtesy); Top right: A replica of the Sputnik I satellite in the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. (Public domain); Bottom right: This undated picture shows a Russian Vostok rocket on its launcher, the same type which propelled Yuri Gagarin to be the first human in space on April 12, 1961. (AP Photo/File)
December 18, 2020, 8:39 pm
USSR engineer made space flight possible despite facing virulent anti-Semitism
Anatoliy Daron, who recently died in US at 94, fled two Nazi massacres, lost his job in the Doctors’ Plot, then, while living in a cramped shared flat, invented Sputnik’s engine
By Julie Masis
A digital rendering of Israel's Ofek-16 reconnaissance satellite in orbit around the Earth, which was released on July 14, 2020. (Defense Ministry)
October 4, 2020, 3:42 pm
Israel’s newest spy satellite declared operational
Three months after launch, control of the state-of-the-art reconnaissance satellite is handed over from Defense Ministry to IDF
By Judah Ari Gross
A photograph of the Roman amphitheater in Palmyra, Syria, taken by Israel's Ofek 16 spy satellite, which was released by the Defense Ministry on August 24, 2020. (Defense Ministry)
August 25, 2020, 4:39 pm
Israel releases newest spy satellite’s first photos, of Syria’s Palmyra ruins
Defense minister hails Ofek 16 and country’s other technologies as critical to security
By Judah Ari Gross
Israel's Ofek-16 reconnaissance satellite takes off from central Israel on July 6, 2020. (Defense Ministry)
July 14, 2020, 5:44 pm
Israel’s new spy satellite beams back its first photos…
…but Defense Ministry isn’t releasing the snaps. Week after being launched into orbit, Ofek-16 undergoes initial systems checks before being made operational
By Judah Ari Gross
Israel's Ofek-16 reconnaissance satellite takes off from central Israel on July 6, 2020. (Defense Ministry)
July 6, 2020, 5:52 am
With Iran in its sights, Israel launches new spy satellite into orbit
Ofek-16, an ‘optoelectronic reconnaissance satellite with advanced capabilities,’ undergoing tests after entering orbit. Netanyahu: Boosts ability to tackle enemies ‘near and far’
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: A procession of Starlink satellites crossing the night sky. (YouTube screen capture)
May 3, 2020, 9:50 am
Israelis wonder at mysterious, fast-moving lights in the sky
When a procession of bright orbs crossed the country’s skies Wednesday evening, Israel’s Air Force and Space Agency were called in to investigate
By ToI Staff
An Iranian rocket carrying a satellite is launched from an undisclosed site believed to be in Iran's Semnan province, April 22, 2020. (Sepahnews via AP)
April 22, 2020, 10:11 pm
Iran Guards reveal secret space program in satellite launch
After numerous failed launches, Iranian paramilitary force says it successfully sent ‘Noor’ into space; ‘Iran doesn’t have that much to lose anymore,’ one analyst says
By Amir Vahdat and Jon Gambrell
Illustrative: An Iranian rocket carrying a satellite is launched from Imam Khomeini Spaceport in Iran’s Semnan province, February 9, 2020. (Screenshot, IRIB via AP)
April 22, 2020, 9:26 am
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards claim to put satellite in orbit
After numerous failed launches, Iranian paramilitary force says it successfully sent ‘Noor’ into space; US has accused Tehran of using satellite launches to advance missile program
By Amir Vahdat and Jon Gambrell
This satellite image from Planet Labs Inc., that has been annotated by experts at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at Middlebury Institute of International Studies, shows a fire at a rocket launch pad at the Imam Khomeini Space Center in Iran's Semnan province on Aug. 29, 2019. (Planet Labs Inc, Middlebury Institute of International Studies via AP)
August 29, 2019, 7:33 pm
Iran’s third attempt this year to launch satellite appears to end in failure
Images show smoldering rocket remains on launch pad at Khomeini Space Center; Islamic Republic failed to send satellites into orbit in January and February
By Jon Gambrell
This February 6, 2019, satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe shows an empty launch pad and a burn mark on it at the Imam Khomeini Space Center in Iran's Semnan province. (DigitalGlobe, a Maxar company via AP)
February 7, 2019, 5:44 am
Images suggest Iran has attempted second satellite launch
US and Israel say Tehran’s space program a cover for ballistic missile development; Iran has not acknowledged conducting fresh launch after previous effort failed to reach orbit
By Jon Gambrell
The Iranian Space Research Center headquarters in Tehran, Iran. (Screenshot: YouTube)
February 3, 2019, 3:21 pm
Fire in Iranian space center kills 3 scientists – report
Authorities don’t elaborate on incident, which comes amid US and Israeli concern over Tehran’s efforts to launch satellite into orbit
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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