> An Israeli electronic newsletter called DEBKA-Net-Weekly for July 5th > reported the successful launch of Ofeq 5 on June 26th, claiming that > it is > in a 1,000 km orbit. What is the reported satellite supposed to do? > Actually, no orbital launch attempt has been made by Israel yet this > year, > although a long-delayed new Ofeq is awaited: budget restraints > delayed the > planned launch due last year. So, no actual launch occured (as far as we know) ? Perhaps it was a propaganda effort by the Israelis? The conditions in the area are such that propaganda is to be expected. ------------------------------ Jonathan T. Wojack tlj18@juno.com 39.706d N 75.683d W 4 hours behind UT (-4) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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