IAI has the experience and technological know-how to research the vast space frontier 

Science and engineering are valued for their contribution to common knowledge, many applications, and the practical solutions they enable. Collectively, they satisfy basic human needs and improve our current and future living standards. Clean forms of energy, the automation of fast broadband communication, transportation, and sustainable human exploration in space – are a few of the leading examples – they are benchmarks of tomorrow’s revolution.

The challenges in space and planetary exploration are much tougher and significantly more demanding. They feature harsh environments and an inability to conduct repairs after the mission gets underway.

IAI’s space capability and know-how have been developed over the past forty years and have achieved world-class performance and independence. IAI has a well-established record of developing and manufacturing a variety of satellites, which are then deployed successfully in space. These missions include observation satellites (EO & SAR), communications satellites, scientific research satellite missions, nano-satellites for testing new concepts and technologies, ground control stations, launchers, and ground services.

Below are a few examples of programs we have led and implemented:

• VENµS – An ISA/CNES joint scientific mission with two new payloads planned to research vegetation and the environment. This project featured a first test of new technology (a hall-effect thrust engine). It was the first launch of a mini-sat with a super spectral camera with twelve spectral bands (VIS-NIR), 5m GSD and a two-day revisit over 110 international research sites worldwide. The program features three mission phases over three varying altitudes. 
• Beresheet – An IAI/SpaceIL/ISA/ Weizmann Institute joint scientific mission. This was the first private, low-budget, and low-fuel mission to reach the moon. It was intended to land on the moon and measure its surface’s magnetic field.
• BGUsat – An IAI/ISA/Ben-Gurion University joint scientific mission. It featured the first operational SWIR camera Payload on a 3U-nanosat. Its focus is on atmospheric research. The planned mission duration was three months & 300 images, and it is still going strong after three years in orbit and 6,000 images.
• UltraSat – An IAI/ISA/DLR/ESA/Weizmann institute joint scientific mission. This will be the first ultra-wide UV payload (positioned @ GEO) to view space hundreds of times wider than what is available through current means. This system also enables alerts for the global community on space supernova explosions, the merger of compact stars, and tidal disruptions of stars by black holes. This mission is an excellent example of collaboration between academic institutes, researchers, and industry-based experience.

Our vast space experience and heritage are based on various successful missions and the engineering know-how to support scientists efficiently, as well as R&D teams in both current and future space missions.

As part of our ongoing efforts to keep R&D at the cutting edge of space and ground-based technologies, we call upon you, leading researchers in the field, to contact IAI regarding R&D projects that could contribute to science and technology based on joint efforts that consist of your scientific research and our engineering know-how.