THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Friday, May 25, 1984

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Israel is looking at space satellites
to improve communications network

BY YITZHAK DINUR

Jerusalem — One of the
first steps taken by Israeli
Science Minister Yuval
Ne'eman in his capacity as
chairman of the Israeli
Space Agency (established
- 4- the beginning of 1983)
Is designed. to ensure Is-
rael a place in the sky by
reserving a satellite com-
munication channel for her.
There are at present more
than 10,000 satellites of all
kinds in the sky — survey
satellites (of agriculture,
forestry, pollution), as-
tronomical, weather, navi-
gation and reconnaissance
satellites.
Satellites 22,300 miles up
rotate around the earth in
the plane of the equator
once in 24 hours. They
therefore appear to hang in
the sky and to be located
over one point on the earth's
surface and as such are
ideal for transmitting radio
and television signals, as
they circumvent the prob-
lem of the earth's curved
surface. Such a satellite
over the equator "sees"
about two-thirds of the
globe's surface, but no
further than 70 degrees
north or south. Geograph-
ically, Israel is ideally
situated for satellite com-
munication.
There are currently about
100 communications satel-
lites in orbit around the
earth. They are controlled
by Intelsat, the Interna-
tional Telecommunications
Satellite Organization.
Many countries in the world
have an interest in space,
but most of the satellites be-
long to the large and weal-
thy countries. Developing
nations fear that a few rich
countries will seize the
limited number of orbital
positions and communica-
tions frequencies so quickly
that they will be filled by
the time the poor and/or
small countries are ready to
launch satellites of their
own. Such countries try to
ensure that they will have a
frequency for future use.
That is why Israel has
also applied to ITU, the In-
- ternational Telecommuni-
cation Union, for radio and
television frequencies for
use in the future. Arab
countries have opposed the
pplication as they claim
A.at Israeli broadcasts
would interfere with the
two satellites that the
Arabs intend to launch in
1984.
Israel already has some
satellite connections. Since
1972, the satellite - com-
munication ground station
in the Elah Valley south-
west of Jerusalem has been
transmitting signals to a
satellite belonging to Intel-
sat (of which Israel is a
member), which then
transmits them to ground
stations in other countries.

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Israel's satellite communications station in the Elah Valley.

The ground station is lo-
cated at the Elah Valley be-
cause this particular place
is ideal for the sensitive
30-meter diameter dish-
antenna. The surrounding
hills protect the antenna
from atmospheric interfer-
ence and from telecom-
munications static.
The Israel Metereological
Center at Bet Dagan out-
side Tel Aviv also main-
tains direct contact with
weather satellites for in-
formation which aids it in
drawing up its own weather
forecasts.
While the ultimate aim is
•to have an Israeli satellite
for research and develop-
ment to promote Israel's
electronics and telecom-
munications industry, and
while this is technically

possible within ten years,
the cost is so great that, at
this point, Israel is only con-
sidering participating in a
satellite together with other
countries or renting serv-
ices, as she does for interna-
tional communication.

The Israeli space agency
has other plans for collab-
oration in space and com-
munication research. It is
particularly interested in
collaborating with the U.S.
National Aeronautic and
Space Administration in a
satellite project for mapping
the earth, using three or
four powerful lasers placed
at suitable points around
the globe. There is a possi-
bility that one of these las-
ers will be located in Israel.

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Helms bidt Reagan shift
U.S. Embassy in Israel

New York (JTA) — Sen.
Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) has
urged President Reagan to
recognize Jerusalem as Is-
rael's capital and as "a first
step in this process" move
the U.S. Embassy from Tel
Aviv to Jerusalem.
Helms made this appeal
to Reagan in a letter on May
17 in which he also stated
his opposition to legislation
pending in Congress which
calls for the embassy move
on grounds that it consti-
tutes an infringement on
the President's power to
conduct foreign policy. He
described the legislation
which has wide support in
the Senate and House, but is
opposed by the Administra-
tion, as "mischief."
Helms' letter to the
President was made public
this week by Rev. Jerry
Falwell, leader of the Moral
Majority, who included it as
part of his keynote address
at the 1984 national confer-
ence of Americans for a Safe
Israel here.
In Washington, the
Anti-Defamation League of
B'nai B'rith has described

the President's failure to
move the embassy as "a con-
tinuous, painful insult to a
faithful friend." The ADL
statement was issued by
Robert Goldman, chairman
of the organization's Middle
Eastern Affairs Committee,
during a Congressional
hearing on the matter.
The House Foreign Af-
fairs Subcommittee on the
Middle East, which held the
hearing, also heard tes-
timony urging the transfer
of the embassy from Zionist
Organization of America
President Alleck A. Re-
snick.

Refugee support

Washington — The
American Jewish Commit-
tee has expressed its "un-
equivocal support" of pend-
ing legislation before the
U.S. Congress that would .
grant "permanent resi-
dency status to Cuban and
Haitian refugees who
entered the United States
before 1982."

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