The spacecraft will provide 24-hour monitoring capabilities, and will be run by the IDF’s 9900 intelligence unit.

Satellites made by the Technion in Haifa successfully blast into orbit in a historic first for the Israeli university.

The Ofek 16 satellite gives Israel a huge edge over arch-enemy Iran.

An IDF visual intelligence unit normally tasked with tracking Palestinian terrorists, Iranian nuclear activities and weapons shipments helped locate the Chilean plane that crashed near Antarctica.

California is still facing a huge water crisis and has turned to Israel for advice, and Israel Aerospace Industries has built a new communications satellite, weighing only 1.5-2 tons - less than half a regular communications satellite.