Tag: spy satellite
Israel Deploys OFEK 16 Spy Satellite in Orbit
The Space Administration in the Directorate of Defense Research and Development (DDR&D), of the Israel Ministry of Defense (IMoD), and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), have successfully launched the “Ofek 16” reconnaissance satellite into space, today (6.07.2020), at 4:00 AM. The launch was performed from the Palmachim Airbase in Israel, a launch site based south of Tel Aviv in central Israel, using a “Shavit” launcher.
New Satellite Doubles DigitalGlobe’s Earth Imaging Capacity
Lockheed Martin has successfully launched today the WorldView-4 commercial remote sensing spacecraft for DigitalGlobe, Inc. The satellite orbits Earth every 90 minutes, traveling 17,000 miles per hour, providing the world's highest-resolution 30 cm commercial satellite imagery, capturing as much as 680,000 square kilometers of the Earth's surface daily.
Boeing’s ‘Phantom Phoenix’ Introduce Medium, Small and Nano Satellites
A family of small satellites under development at Boeing are designed to be quickly tailored for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions
