Impressive Israeli achievement: Eight satellites of students from around the country launched into space Israel today

Successful launch:

Eight satellites designed, developed and built by Israeli students from around the country, in collaboration with the Israeli Space Agency at the Ministry of Innovation in Science and Technology, were launched today (Thursday) from the NASA site in Florida on a SpaceX Falcon launcher. Season from the launcher and get into their successfully planned route.

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The launch took place today at 5:30 PM Israel time, when Tel Aviv satellites parted ways with the launcher, and during the hours after the launch, the first transmission from the satellite to the control room in the centers: Yeruham, Herzliya and Sha'ar Hanegev is expected to be received. And is the leader of the Israeli Space Agency in the Ministry of Science and Technology in collaboration with the Herzliya Science Center, which professionally accompanied the groups.

These are eight teams of male and female students who participated in the project from middle schools around the country, from eight local authorities, from the social and geographical periphery, from the secular, religious and non-Jewish sector, eight authorities representing the entire Israeli social mosaic: Sha'ar Hanegev, Ofakim, Yeruham, Taibeh, Nazareth, Ma'aleh , Givat Shmuel and Kiryat Ata.

Documentation of the launch of TABAL satellites, Photo: Moshe Ben Simhon

The Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Orit Farkash HaCohen: And inspiration to engage in the field. It is one of the exciting programs of the Ministry of Science and the Space Agency in that it connects people and peoples, and makes social change. "

Brigadier General (Res.) Uri Oron, Director General of the Israel Space Agency: "This is a groundbreaking scientific educational program at the world level. For the first time, high school students from eight different authorities built in parallel and launched 8 satellites. Science and technology, managed and implemented the Science Center in Herzliya with great talent. The graduates of the program, their families and all the accompanying pedagogical bodies achieved a very impressive achievement. We all realized that space has the potential to connect, initiate, achieve and succeed. I know that more plans will follow. "

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