Israel Aerospace Industries announces major deal, following reports that the new satellites will replace those previously bought by Morocco from France.
The enlargement of the sites follows an October 2022 deal in which Iran agreed to provide missiles to Russia, which has been seeking them for its war against Ukraine.
Iranian Minister of Communications Isa Zarepour said that Iran would also be working on improving satellite imagery.
This represents an increase of nearly 20,000 damaged structures compared a previous assessment, based on images taken in January, which found 30% of buildings had been damaged or destroyed.
The satellite was launched from the Vostochny launch base, which is 5,000 miles east of Moscow.
Though the ERS-2 satellite is huge as far as space debris goes, it is expected to safely fall to the Earth without causing any harm or damage.
Moscow also said that Putin will then travel to Saudi Arabia and will meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud.
The Times report says that “satellite imagery taken Monday morning shows the substantial scale of one of Israel’s main advances into northern Gaza."
The satellites are uniquely advanced, having better than 0.5 meter native resolution and a long life span with high imaging performance.
Iran, which has hinted about the launch for months, sees this as a major achievement.
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