Two old friends met by chance on the street.
After chatting for some time one said to the other, "I'm terribly sorry, but I've forgotten your name. You'll need to tell me".
The other stared at him thoughtfully for a long time, then replied, "How soon do you need to know?"
Israel in spaceIn 1988, Israel launched its first satellite, Offeq-1 (Horizon 1) onboard a Shavit rocket from the Negev Desert over the Mediterranean, becoming the ninth country in space. As an experimental satellite it was possibly on an experimental surveillance mission. Its announced functions included: Experimentation in generation of solar power; experimentation in transmission reception from space; verification of system's ability to withstand vacuum and weightless conditions; plus data collection on space environment conditions and Earth's magnetic field. |
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