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canoes on Io, the inner-
most of Jupiter's larger
moons, are some of the
phenomena that excite Pro-
fessor Yuval Ne'eman, the
founder of Israel's Space
Agency, when he thinks
about outer space.
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photographs radioed back by
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No less important than the
satellite itself was the rocket
missile used to put It into or-
bit. This was part of a system
especially developed for
satellite launching. The
missile had to be very strong
to get the satellite into space
and it had to have superb
navigational systems to place
it exactly in orbit.
Space activity throughout
the world is very expensive,
but it holds a chance for
returns that are not only
financial. Ne'eman notes that
great changes have occurred
in Western societies as a
result of technologies origin-
ally developed for space
research. He therefore feels
that research and develop-
ment of space projects are
vital to Israel.
Indeed, there are already
plans afoot to send up a com-
mercial satellite by 1992. An
Israeli company registered in
London, General Satellite
Corp., intending to develop,
produce and put into orbit a
communications satellite to
be called Amos-1. This will be
a geostationary satellite to be
located 22,000 miles above
Zaire, which was the place in
space that was allocated to
Israel by the International
Telecommunications Union.
The company is now selling
satellite transponders. The
satellite will be placed in
position by a French Arianne
space missile, to be launched
from a small island off the
coast of French Guinea. Once
in place, it will greatly im-
prove international com-
munications and telephone
communication (as well as
telex, fascimile and television
transmissions) within Israel.
It will free Israel from its
dependence upon communica-
tions channels rented from
Intelsat.
Israel Aircraft Industries
has been awarded the con-
tract to build the communica-
tions satellite, or rather the
two satellites, Amos-1 and
Amos-2 (communications
satellites are sent up in pairs,
the second satellite providing
a backup in case the first
falters, as repair technicians
cannot be dispatched).
Israel Aircraft Industries
has been the core of General
Satellite Corp.'s practical
development, and sees the
development of a capacity to
produce satellites for sale as
one way to retrieve the profits
lost when the Lavi fighter
plane project was cancelled.

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