Satellite

The next battlefield: IDF races to prepare for future wars in space, top general says - exclusive

MILITARY AFFAIRS: Brig.-Gen. Yael Grosman tells The Post why the IDF sees space as the next battlefield, while other IDF sources detail advances in AI, cyber, electronic warfare, and more.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
‘CHARGING INTO SPACE’: IDF Technology and Digital Chief Brig.-Gen. Yael Grosman tells the ‘Post’ in an exclusive interview that Israel understands it cannot compete on future battlefields without a robust space approach that fully covers all of the world’s data and content.
A satellite image shows an oil terminal at Kharg Island, Iran, February 25, 2026.

Israeli satellites photographed Iran over 50,000 times during Operation Roaring Lion - exclusive

This statistic would mean that Israeli satellites were taking well over 1,000 photos per day of the Islamic Republic during the war.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
F-16 Barak from the "Valley" squadron, armed with JDAM bombs on a five minutes alert, at Ramat David Airbase. February 02 2010.

Northern Israel's Ramat David Air Base struck during Iran conflict, satellite images appear to show

The IDF did not respond to The Jerusalem Post's inquiry for clarification about the issue, nor did it respond to Yediot Aharonot, which first reported Soar Atlas's X post.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
An illustration of cargo containers containing the flags of China and Iran.

Iran purchased military satellite equipment from China through UAE company - report

The technology was reportedly sent from Shanghai to the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas aboard the Chinese container ship Zhong Gu Yin Chuan. 

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM

IRGC'S Noor 3 satellite launch successful, Iran says

Iran, which has one of the biggest missile programs in the Middle East, has suffered several failed satellite launches in recent years due to technical issues.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023ByREUTERS
A first military satellite named Noor is launched into orbit by Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps, in Semnan, Iran April 22, 2020.

Kim Jong Un to Putin: Russia will triumph against 'evil' Ukraine

When asked by reporters if Russia would help Kim build satellites, Putin replied: "That's why we came here."

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023ByREUTERS
Russia's President Vladimir Putin talks to North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un as they visit the Vostochny Сosmodrome in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, September 13, 2023

North Korea says latest spy satellite launch failed, but will try again

Pyongyang has said it needs a military reconnaissance satellite to boost monitoring of US military activities.

AUGUST 23, 2023ByREUTERS
A still photograph shows what appears to be North Korea's new Chollima-1 rocket being launched in Cholsan County, North Korea, May 31, 2023 in this image released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency and taken from video.

Runway to be built by China located in territory claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam

Reports cite the satellite images which show the airstrip stretching across Triton Island, however, the runway itself is reportedly much shorter than others China has built on contested islands.

AUGUST 19, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An aerial view shows the Philippine-occupied Thitu Island, locally known as Pag-asa, in the contested Spratly Islands, South China Sea, March 9, 2023.

Australian Space Agency identifies mysterious object found on beach

The object was likely part of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle that was launched on April 22, 2023 by the Indian Space Research Organization.

AUGUST 1, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C-39, carrying IRNSS-1H navigation satellite, lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India, August 31, 2017

IAI successfully launches satellite enabling all-weather, night coverage

The satellite is already performing its own initial checks to make sure it is functioning properly and simultaneously sending initial images.

JULY 30, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Israel’s Ofek-13 reconnaissance satellite takes off from central Israel on March 29. IAI was the main contractor involved in the project.

Astroscale introduces new spacecraft for cleaning space debris

Astroscale’s ELSA-M spacecraft will tackle space debris by capturing and deorbiting decommissioned satellites, aiming to clean Earth's crowded orbit.

JUNE 29, 2023ByZACHY HENNESSEY
Astroscale's ELSA-M spacecraft.

North Korea says failed satellite launch was 'gravest failure'

North Korea also vowed it will continue to develop its nuclear capability and strengthen solidarity with other countries that oppose what it called the "US strategy for world supremacy."

JUNE 19, 2023ByREUTERS
A still photograph shows what appears to be North Korea's new Chollima-1 rocket being launched in Cholsan County, North Korea, May 31, 2023 in this image released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency and taken from video.

South Korea recovers parts of rocket used in North's satellite launch -military

South Korea found debris off its west coast soon after the launch, and began a salvage operation in the hopes of studying the new rocket.

JUNE 16, 2023ByREUTERS
A handout picture shows a part of what is believed to be a space launch vehicle that North Korea said crashed into the sea off the west coast of the divided peninsula, and which the South Korean military had salvaged, at an unidentified location in South Korea, June 15, 2023.

PREVIEW: Israel’s ImageSat, SpaceX launch satellite

The satellite was launched into orbit on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and is the latest satellite that ImageSat has sent into space.

JUNE 13, 2023ByAARON REICH
ImageSat International (ISI) RUNNER-1 satellite