Two satellites developed in Israeli industry - the Offset 3,000 spy satellite and the Venus research satellite - They will be launched into space today (Wednesday) early in the morning, from the Coro base in France.
It will be an important moment for the scientific and technological community in Israel, and also a significant event for a group of high school students from Rehovot and Rishon Lezion. These will themselves analyze the aerial photographs received from the "Venus" satellite, and will propose research subjects based on the same data.
All of this as part of the educational program "Exploring the Earth from Space", which was developed by the Association of Industry Information, in cooperation with the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Israel Space Agency.
The purpose of the program - which has been taking place for about a year at the "Ort" and "Amit Amichai" schools in Rehovot, as well as at the "Hamayan Mikif XNUMX" high school in Israel - is to give science-loving young people the ability to investigate phenomena on Earth using a space camera.
The "Venus" research satellite was built in cooperation between the Israeli and French space agencies, with the main development being done by the Aerospace Industry, Al-Op and Rafael.
The highlight of the scientific-educational project developed by the Indusaid association, is an innovative experiment to be carried out by the students in grades XNUMX-XNUMX, accompanied by academics and the Israeli space industry. The space photographs, which will cover three strips of the country's territory - the Galilee, the Negev and the coastal plain - will arrive at the research center at Ben Gurion University's Sde Boker campus, and from there will be distributed for research purposes at the universities, and will be made available to government bodies such as the Water Authority and the Nature and Parks Authority and for research by high school students in this program.
As part of the course, the high school students analyze images taken by satellites, hear lectures from senior leaders in the field, learn to work with advanced measuring tools and conduct visits to companies belonging to the space industry.
Chairman of the education association Tashiyide, Haim Russo: "Behind the Venus satellite is the excellence of a large group of Israeli scientists and engineers, who grew up in the Israeli education system. The earth exploration program leverages these achievements to build the excellence of the next graduates".
Aviva Mishal, the CEO of Tusheide, added: "Tesheide and the Space Agency believe that the exposure to the field of space, to industries, and to key people in the field - combined with in-depth learning about a space project currently underway - helps to increase the students' motivation to finish studies in the STEM fields - and even to integrate in the professions in the future relevant in both industry and academia".
See more on the subject on the science website:
- "The fact that developed countries like Italy and France choose to build satellites in Israel proves our capabilities"
- The Israeli satellites Venus and Offset 3000 will be launched next week from French Guinea
- The head of the French Space Agency at the ceremony of handing over the Venus satellite for launch: "Space missions are of great importance in the fight against global warming"
- The "Venus" environmental research satellite leaves Israel on its way to launch. Minister Aconis: "Looking forward to more opportunities for cooperation with France"
