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Israel can maintain military edge by expanding into space, sources tell 'Post'

With only seven countries deeply involved in developing space capabilities, Israel now has a larger qualitative advantage in that arena than in others where it once had an advantage.

 Israel Aerospace Industries launches communications satellite "Dror 1" into space, July 13, 2025.
Activists hold banners, calling for a free Iran, supporting Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi (R) and comparing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler (L) in New York, January 18, 2026; illustrative.

WATCH: Anti-regime activists hack Iran's national broadcaster, transmit Pahlavi's calls to protest

The launch pad for the Long March-2F Y13 rocket is pictured behind Chinese characters reading "China Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center" before its launch carrying the Shenzhou-13 spacecraft in China's second crewed mission to build its own space station, near Jiuquan, Gansu province, China October 15,

Ukraine says Chinese satellites may be aiding Russian attacks

SPACEX STARLINK 5 satellites are pictured in the sky seen from Svendborg on South Funen, Denmark April 21, 2020.

Starlink to reconfigure satellites into lower, safer orbit in 2026


Japan's missile defense on alert as North Korea warns of satellite launch

Nuclear-armed North Korea says it has completed its first military spy satellite and leader Kim Jong Un has approved the launch.

 A general view of fire assault drill at an undisclosed location in North Korea March 10, 2023 in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

NASA might be able to use AI to predict dangerous solar storms

A solar storm occurs when material from solar wind reaches Earth's magnetic field - these are also called geomagnetic storms.

 A coronal mass ejection from the Sun imaged on August 31, 2012

Nearly 300 kg. NASA satellite set to crash into Earth

The satellite in question is the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager, launched in 2002 and retired in 2018. The odds are very low of anyone being hit.

 An artistic illustration of NASA's Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) satellite.

Flash of light above Kyiv sparks buzz about falling satellite, aliens

The Kyiv city military administration said the bright light and flaming object was a crashing NASA satellite, but NASA denied this.

 UFO (illustrative).

14 Days: Ofek-13 launch

Israeli news highlights from the past two weeks.

 The Ofek 13 observation satellite is launched into space, March 28, 2023.

Tunnels used for missile production in Syria attacked in Monday airstrike

A recent intelligence report by ImageSat International (ISI) based on satellite images revealed details about an attack in Syria attributed to Israel in early March.

 Satellite documentation of the location of the attack

Israel falling behind in satellite, space race - comptroller

Israeli State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman also noted that the IDF has failed to have proper naval defenses for natural gas rigs.

 The EROS-C3 satellite during lift off.

US divisions over Chinese spy balloon show politicized foreign policy - analysis

The incursion of a Chinese spy balloon into US airspace has turned what could be a normal debate and discussion into another politicized foreign policy issue.

 Spectators watch after a suspected Chinese spy balloon was shot down off the coast in Holden Beach, North Carolina, US February 4, 2023.

TAU establishes first observatory for orbit satellite communication

The station includes a satellite observatory dome with a diameter of 4.25 meters, a tracking system, a primary high-speed camera and more.

A satellite

Space startups funding halved in 2022 as investors shift to safer bets

Last year marked the toughest period for space startups since the economic crisis in 2008.

 Spacecraft hardware engineer Anubhav Thakur performs a test on one of Spire's Lemur 2-2.0 satellites during a tour of Spire's nano-satellite facility in San Francisco, California January 6, 2016.