China To Buy Three Israeli Telecommunications Satellites

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Jerusalem (AFP) Jan 17, 2002
China is about to sign a contract for the purchase of three telecommunications satellites from Israel, Communications Minister Reuven Rivlin told Israeli public radio by telephone from Beijing.

The deal would be worth 200 million dollars, he added.

"China understands the importance of telecommunications in the modern world," Rivlin said.

"It is preparing for the Olympic Games which it is to host in 2008, while the Internet and cellphones are increasingly part of daily life here."

He added, "We are particularly proud that this great country is calling on us for our knowledge in all fields."

The deal puts commercial relations between China and Israel back on track after a row over the cancellation last year of a deal for the Jewish state to sell AWACS radar aircraft to Beijing under pressure from Washington.

The United States feared Beijing's purchase of the technology could upset the military balance between China and Taiwan.

Commercial and military exchanges between China and Israel had up to that point grown rapidly following the establishment of diplomatic links between the two countries in January 1992

MICROSAT BLITZ

Gurwin TechSat Has Sufficient Attitude For Another Year

Haifa - Jan 11, 2002
Satellites the size of Gurwin TechSat II typically stay in space for one to two years, but this mostly student- built satellite has exceeded expectations as it starts its fourth year inorbit. At the same time, the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology satellite serves as the foundation for an agreement with Cornell University researchers to test new control methods.
(Editor's note this deal above got canceled not long after it was announced.)

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