Israel Launches New Recce Satellite

Israel's new Ofek 7 reconnaissance satellite should give the nation a better overhead view of its threatening neighbors than previous spacecraft, provided it checks out in orbit. Launched June 11 from the test range at Palmahim Air Force Base on a Shavit launch vehicle, the 660-lb. spacecraft went...

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