Country's military official Ri Pyong Chol says measure necessitated by joint US-South Korea drills, which he says show 'reckless ambition for aggression'

Israel Aerospace Industries-built EROS C-3 satellite sent into space by SpaceX rocket, to be operated by private intel firm for 'governmental and business applications'

US labels relationship between Moscow and Tehran as 'profound threat'; Soyuz rocket launched suspected spy device into orbit earlier in week

Though touted for agriculture and water planning, Khayyam said able to monitor sites in Israel and Mideast; still not near capabilities of US spy and high-end commercial satellites

Space agencies will select a single project to fund with $200,000, which will focus on data received from the VENµS a satellite to 'expand scientific knowledge about Earth'

Astronauts aboard International Space Station launch Tel Aviv University's TAU-SAT1, which will measure cosmic radiation around Earth

Three months after launch, control of the state-of-the-art reconnaissance satellite is handed over from Defense Ministry to IDF

Defense minister hails Ofek 16 and country's other technologies as critical to security

A week after being launched into orbit, Ofek-16 undergoes initial systems checks before being made operational

Defense Ministry says Ofek-16, an 'optoelectronic reconnaissance satellite with advanced capabilities,' blasted off at 4 a.m., undergoing tests after entering orbit