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Israeli Space-Based Radar Set for Indian Launch Sep 16, 2007 By Craig Covault Military space reconnaissance capabilities are proliferating. This week, the U.S., Israel, India, China and Brazil could advance their commercial, technological and strategic interests with new milsats set to be launched. Once aloft, the satellites will look into each other’s backyards and try to steal each other’s customers. And they all will be watching Iran. The missions—scheduled for Sept. 17-20—have been developed by a diverse set of companies and thousands of engineers and technicians whose efforts will benefit their respective military programs beyond the intelligence operations the spacecraft...

India To Launch Israeli Spy Sat Move Highlights Improving Relationship By BARBARA OPALL-ROME, TEL AVIV And K.S. JAYARAMAN, NEW DELHI November 14, 2005 In a controversial break from a longstanding military space policy of strategic self-reliance, Israel has decided to launch its next spy satellite aboard India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rather than its own indigenous Shavit rocket. Officials here say Israel’s Ministry of Defense and state-owned satellite producer Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) are wrapping up the political and contractual agreements with their Indian counterparts for the planned October 2006 launch of TechSAR, Israel’s first synthetic aperture radar imaging...