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IDF confirms building massive sand barrier dividing Gaza after satellite imagery emerges

According to the satellite imagery, more than 23 kilometers were built in recent months through areas where Palestinian communities once stood.

(illustrative) Concrete barriers are positioned as part of preparations for the opening of a Gaza distribution center near Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, September 10, 2025
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Iran's space program advances satellite program, eyes better missile launchers, new facilities

Defense firm Elbit Systems announced new $100 million contracts with the Defense Ministry to develop advanced digitization capabilities for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). February 9.

Battlefield dominance will belong to the side that owns the operating layer - opinion

A combination of satellite images shows high-rises in Caraballeda, Venezuela, before (left) and after the earthquakes that hit the country, December 28, 2025, and June 26, 2026.

Israeli satellite imagery reveals catastrophic quake damage in Venezuela where 68,000 still missing


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.

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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.

Britain's groundbreaking satellite launch ends in failure

The apparent failure deals a further blow to European space ambitions after an Italian-built Vega-C rocket mission failed after lift-off from French Guiana in late December.

Cosmic Girl, a Virgin Boeing 747-400 aircraft sits on the tarmac with Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne rocket attached to the wing, ahead of the first UK launch tonight, at Spaceport Cornwall at Newquay Airport in Newquay, Britain, January 9, 2023.

TAU engineers launching first Israeli nanosatellite for communicating from space

This is the first optical ground station in Israel and one of very few worldwide that can lock onto, track and collect data from a nanosatellite.

 The satellite team (Clockwise): Orly Blumberg, Prof. Ofer Amrani, Prof. Meir Ariel, Dr. Dolev Bashi & Idan Finkelstein

NASA to conduct first global water survey from space

If all goes as planned, the SUV-sized Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite will produce research data within several months.

The advanced radar SWOT satellite, short for Surface Water and Ocean Topography and designed and built at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) near Los Angeles, is seen in an artist's rendition created in February 2015.

SpaceX gets US approval to deploy up to 7,500 satellites

SpaceX has sought approval to operate a network of 29,988 satellites, to be known as its “second-generation” or Gen2 Starlink constellation to beam internet to areas with little or no access.

SpaceX SN15 starship prototype liftoffs from the company's starship facility in Boca Chica, Texas, US, May 5, 2021.