Israel's first satellite - Ofeq-1

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In 1988, Israel launched it's first satellite, Ofeq (Horizon) 1. In 1991, a mockup of the satellite was donated by IAI to a science museum. after decades of negligence, I got the model. It turned out to be the actual structural model of the satellite!

 

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The Actual satellite

 

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Ofeq which means "horizon" in Semitic languages such as Aramaic or Arabic. "ufuq"