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Visakhapatnam, India (PTI) Jan 07, 2008 The much-delayed launch of an Israeli spy satellite by an Indian rocket is expected to take place in the first quarter of this year, a senior Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) official said here on Saturday. The military satellite TechSAR will be put in orbit by the ISRO's workhorse rocket, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota. The launch of the spy satellite which can be used to obtain clear images of earth even in cloudy conditions, had run into some "technical difficulties" and the Indian space agency was in talks with Israeli officials to sort these out. TechSAR, Israel's first synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging satellite, can take sharp pictures of sub-metre resolution, which will boost its intelligence gathering capabilities significantly. The microwaves sent from SAR can penetrate a thick cloud cover and dust storms and send sharp photographs back to earth. ISRO was expected to launch the satellite by its polar satellite launch vehicle in September last. Recent reports stated that India had abandoned plans to launch the satellite under pressure from the United States which were rubbished by ISRO. Israel has chosen the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle of ISRO to launch the satellite over its indigenously developed Shavit-1 launcher.
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Boeing Completes Key Space Based Space Surveillance System Tests
St. Louis MO (SPX) Dec 12, 2007Boeing has successfully completed a series of Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) system tests as part of the development of a new operational sensor for the U.S. Space Surveillance Network. Tests of the SBSS system's visible sensor, payload electronics and high speed gimbal further validate that the enhanced capability of SBSS will be twice as fast, substantially more sensitive and 10 times more accurate than the capabilities currently on orbit, resulting in improved detection of threats to America's space assets. |
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