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<text id=90TT0793>
<title>
Apr. 02, 1990: World Notes:Israel
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
Apr. 02, 1990 Nixon Memoirs
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
WORLD, Page 33
World Notes
ISRAEL
A New Spy in The Sky
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<body>
<p> The Middle East arms race is expected to take another leap
into space soon when Israel launches its second and most
sophisticated reconnaissance satellite. Dubbed the Ofek-2, the
spying device may be in orbit in a matter of weeks, providing
detailed photographs of troop movements and missile activity
in Israel's neighboring Arab states.
</p>
<p> Although still considered experimental, Ofek-2 (the name
means Horizon in Hebrew) is equipped with a state-of-the-art
high-resolution electro-optical camera and is programmed to
circle the globe for at least two years. Its predecessor,
Ofek-1, was launched in September 1988 and stayed aloft four
months.
</p>
<p> Both satellites were developed by state-owned Israel
Aircraft Industries and were designed to be hurled into space
by Israel's powerful rocket, the Shavit (Comet). I.A.I. is also
working on a civilian communications satellite, called the
Amos, which it hopes to send into orbit within two years.
</p>
</body>
</article>
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