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Strategic Assessment, Vol 16, No 1
Volume 16 | No. 1 | April 2013 Leading from Behind: The “Obama Doctrine” and US Policy in the Middle East | Sanford Lakoff Eleven Years to the Arab Peace Initiative: Time for an Israeli Regional Strategy | Ilai Alon and Gilead Sher The Emergence of the Sunni Axis in the Middle East | Yoel Guzansky and Gallia Lindenstrauss Islam and Democracy: Can the Two Walk Together? | Yoav Rosenberg The US and Israel on Iran: Whither the (Dis)Agreement? | Ephraim Kam Walking a Fine Line: Israel, India, and Iran | Yiftah S. Shapir Response Essays Civilian Casualties of a Military Strike in Iran | Ephraim Asculai If it Comes to Force: A Credible Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Military Option against Iran | Amos Yadlin, Emily B. Landau, and Avner Golov המכון למחקרי ביטחון לאומי THE INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL SECURcITY STUDIES INCORPORATING THE JAFFEE bd CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES Strategic ASSESSMENT Volume 16 | No. 1 | April 2013 CONTENTS Abstracts | 3 Leading from Behind: The “Obama Doctrine” and US Policy in the Middle East | 7 Sanford Lakoff Eleven Years to the Arab Peace Initiative: Time for an Israeli Regional Strategy | 21 Ilai Alon and Gilead Sher The Emergence of the Sunni Axis in the Middle East | 37 Yoel Guzansky and Gallia Lindenstrauss Islam and Democracy: Can the Two Walk Together? | 49 Yoav Rosenberg The US and Israel on Iran: Whither the (Dis)Agreement? | 61 Ephraim Kam Walking a Fine Line: Israel, India, and Iran | 75 Yiftah S. Shapir Response Essays Civilian Casualties of a Military Strike in Iran | 87 Ephraim Asculai If it Comes to Force: A Credible Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Military Option against Iran | 95 Amos Yadlin, Emily B. -
Satellite Characterization, Classification, and Operational Assessment Via the Exploitation of Remote Photoacoustic Signatures
Satellite Characterization, Classification, and Operational Assessment Via the Exploitation of Remote Photoacoustic Signatures Justin Spurbeck1 The University of Texas at Austin Moriba K. Jah, Ph.D.2 The University of Texas at Austin Daniel Kucharski, Ph.D.3 Space Environment Research Centre & The University of Texas at Austin James C. S. Bennett, Ph.D.4 EOS Space Systems & Space Environment Research Centre James G. Webb, Ph.D.5 EOS Space Systems ABSTRACT Current active satellite maneuver detection techniques have the ability to detect maneuvers as quickly as fifteen minutes post maneuver for large delta-v when using angles only optical tracking. Medium to small magnitude burn detection times range from 6-24 hours or more. Small magnitude burns may be indistinguishable from natural perturbative effects if passive techniques are employed. Utilizing a photoacoustic signature detection scheme would allow for near real time maneuver detection and spacecraft parameter estimation. We define the acquisition of high rate photometry data as photoacoustic sensing because the data can be played back as an acoustic signal. Studying the operational frequency spectra, profile, and aural perception of an active satellite event such as a thruster fire or any on-board component activation will provide unique signature identifiers that support Resident Space Object (RSO) characterization efforts. A thruster fire induces vibrations in a satellite body which then modulate incident rays of light. If the reflected photon flux is sampled at a sufficient rate, the change in light intensity due to the propulsive event can be detected. Sensing vibrational mode changes allows for a direct timestamp of thruster fire events and thus makes possible the near real time estimation of spacecraft delta-v and maneuver type if coupled with active observations immediately post maneuver. -
Space Business Review 11, BSAT-3B Will Be Launched by an Kazakhstan on a Russian Soyuz Vehicle
April 2008 A monthly round-up of space industry developments for the information of our clients and friends. EADS Astrium to Acquire SSTL DISH Selects SS/L for EchoStar XV EADS Astrium announced on April 7 that it On April 22, Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), had entered into an agreement with the announced a contract to build the EchoStar University of Surrey to acquire its 80% XV direct broadcast satellite for DISH stake in Surrey Satellite Technology Network Corporation. Scheduled for launch Limited (SSTL) for an estimated £40-50 in 2010, the spacecraft will be based on million. Based in the United Kingdom, SSTL SS/L’s proven 1300 platform and is designed specializes in the design and manufacture of to support the expansion of DISH Network’s small and micro satellites, including the programming and services. Giove-A test satellite for Europe's Other April Launch Services forthcoming Galileo satellite navigation On April 14, Lockheed Martin Commercial system. The transaction, which remains Launch Services successfully launched the subject to regulatory approvals, will provide ICO G1 satellite for ICO Global the financial and industrial resources Communications (Holdings) Ltd’ from Cape required for SSTL’s expansion and future Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on an development. It is expected that SSTL will Atlas V 421 vehicle. Built by SS/L based on remain an independent UK company. its 1300 platform, ICO G1 weighed BSAT-3b Contract Awards approximately 6,634 kg at launch, is equipped On April 15, Lockheed Martin Commercial with a 12-meter S-band reflector capable of Space Systems announced its selection by ground-based beam forming that, along with a Japanese satellite operator Broadcasting complementary network of terrestrial Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT) to repeaters, will provide between 10-15 build its next broadcast satellite, designated channels of live television, enhanced BSAT-3b. -
Technical Profile 4
Technical Profile 4 General Specifications • Orbital location 65° East Scheduled for launch in 2013, Spacecom’s AMOS-4 satellite will establish a new orbital position at 65°E, providing a full range of • Frequency band Ku, Ka satellite services for India, Southeast Asia, Russia, the Middle East • Number of available and other additional service areas. Ku-band Transponders 8 x 108MHz • Number of available AMOS-4's multiple Ku and Ka transponders create a powerful platform, Ka-band Transponders 4 x 216MHz enabling a wide range of cross-band, cross-beam connectivity options. For our customers, this means extensive broadcast and broadband • Service areas reach into the vast urban and rural areas of these regions. Available - Ku-band beams: satellite services for customers include Direct-To-Home (DTH), video two shaped steerable beams covering Russia distribution, VSAT communications and broadband Internet. and India with optional steering to: Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Central Asia, India, South Africa and Central East Europe With its new orbital slot, additional capacity, expanded coverage areas and cross-region connectivity, AMOS-4 positions Spacecom at the - Ka-band beam: one shaped steerable beam covering the Middle forefront of international satellite operators delivering comprehensive East. Optional steering to: Russia, India, China, satellite solutions. Our constellation, which provides comprehensive Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Africa coverage for Europe, Africa and the Middle East, also includes our AMOS-2 and AMOS-3 satellites, co-located at the 4°W orbital "Hot • Full cross beam connectivity Ku to Ku Spot”, and AMOS-5 located at 17°E. • Full cross band connectivity Ka to Ku – U/L in Ka beam and D/L in any Ku beam • Expected Launch date .............................................2013 space to expand 44 47 49 51 53 India Beam (Ku-1) Parameters Number of Transponders .............. -
Periodic Report As the Group Or the Bezeq Group
Chapter A – Description of Corporation’s Operations In this report, which contains a description of the Corporation’s business operations as at December 31, 2008, the Company has included forward-looking information, as defined in the Securities Law 5728-1968 (the Securities Law). Such information includes forecasts, targets, appraisals and assessments which apply to future events or matters the realization of which is not certain and is not under the Corporation’s control. Forward-looking information in this report will usually be identified specifically, or by employing statements such as “the Company expects”, “the Company assesses”, “it is the Company’s intention”, and similar statements. Forward-looking information is not a proven fact and is based only on the Company’s subjective assessment, based, inter alia, on a general analysis of the information available at the time of drafting of this report, including public announcements, studies and surveys, and they contain no undertakings as to the correctness or completeness of the information contained therein, and the Corporation does not independently check the correctness thereof. The Company’s assessments vary from time to time, depending on circumstances. In addition, the realization and/or otherwise of the forward-looking information will be affected by factors that cannot be assessed in advance, and which are not within the control of the Company, including the risk factors that are characteristic of its operations as set out in this report, and developments in the general environment, and external factors and the regulation that affects the Company’s operations, as set out in this report. Bezeq The Israel Telecommunication Corporation Limited (the Company or Bezeq) along with the subsidiaries that it owns in whole or in part, whose financial statements are consolidated with the Company's, shall be jointly referred to in this periodic report as the Group or the Bezeq Group. -
AMOS-5 Handnook
AMOS-4 Ku-2 Beam Technical Handbook / Version 1.3 January 2015 This document contains proprietary information of Space-Communication Ltd., and may not be reproduced, copied, disclosed or utilized in any way, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of Space-Communication Ltd. 1. INTRODUCTION Launched in 2013, Spacecom’s AMOS-4 satellite established a new orbital position at 65°E, providing a full range of satellite services for Asia, Russia, the Middle East as well as other service areas. Picture 1- AMOS-4 Deployed View AMOS-4 Technical Specifications / Space-Communications Ltd. th Gibor Sport Building, 20 fl. 7 Menachem Begin St. Ramat-Gan, 52521, Israel Page 2 of 6 Tel. +972 3 7551000 Fax + 972 3 7551001 email: [email protected] 2. GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS Orbital location..........................................................65° East Launch date...............................................................August 2013 Number of available Ku-band Transponders…………..4 x 108MHz Ku-2 beam coverage……………………………………………....Steerable beam 3. FREQUENCY BANDS AND POLARIZATION Uplink frequencies...................................................... 13.00 to 13.25 GHz 13.75 to 14.00 GHz Vertical/ Horizontal Downlink frequencies................................................. 10.70 to 10.59 MHz 11.20 to 11.45 MHz Vertical/ Horizontal The channels' connectivity is fully flexible. AMOS-4 Technical Specifications / Space-Communications Ltd. th Gibor Sport Building, 20 fl. 7 Menachem Begin St. Ramat-Gan, 52521, Israel Page 3 of 6 Tel. +972 3 7551000 Fax + 972 3 7551001 email: [email protected] 4. PAYLOAD CHARACTERISTICS 4.1. EIRP at Beam Peak Band Ku-2 EIRP [dBW] 91.5 4.2. G/T at Beam Peak Band Ku-2 G/T [dB/K] 3.3 4.3. -
Foreign Satellite & Satellite Systems Europe Africa & Middle East Asia
Foreign Satellite & Satellite Systems Europe Africa & Middle East Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia & Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Herzegonia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Congo Brazzaville, Congo Kinshasa, Egypt, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Moldova, Montenegro, The Netherlands, Norway, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia. Armenia, Ukraine, United Kingdom. Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen. Asia & Pacific North & South America Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Macau, Maldives, Myanmar, States of America. Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Nepal, Pakistan, Phillipines, South Korea, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Uruguay, Venezuela. Uzbekistan, Vietnam. Australia, French Polynesia, New Zealand. EUROPE Albania Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia & Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic France Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy -
D Ossier De Pres Se
20 Juillet 2017 Venµs (Vegetation and Environment monitoring on a New Microsatellite) PRESSE DE OSSIER D 1 Sommaire INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………. 3 Venus : un satellite remarquable pour trois raisons………3 Un nouvel outil contre le changement climatique………….4 Les objectifs de la mission…………………………................5 Les acteurs de la mission……………………………...............5 L’historique de Venus……………………………………..........6 Un instrument de pointe……………………………………..….7 Une mission innovante……………………………………….....8 Une coopération internationale exemplaire……………..…..9 Un choix de sites géographiques varié………………….…10 Des applications pour des secteurs variés……………..…11 Géographie des 110 sites retenus dans le monde……….12 2 INTRODUCTION Jean-Yves Le Gall, Président du CNES : « Alors que la COP21 et la COP22 ont mis en exergue le rôle fondamental des satellites pour l’étude et la préservation du climat, je me réjouis de voir que les meilleurs ingénieurs du spatial au niveau mondial ont développé ensemble Venµs, qui aidera la communauté internationale à lutter contre le changement climatique et que cette coopération va se poursuivre». Avi Blasberger, Directeur de l'Agence Spatiale Israélienne au Ministère de la Science et de la Technologie : « Venµs est le premier satellite de recherche pour l'environnement conçu par Israël, conjointement avec la France. Il est également le plus grand projet de l'Agence Spatiale Israélienne et nous sommes heureux qu'il ait été créé avec la France. Le lancement du Satellite "Venµs " vient juste avant la célébration des 70 ans des relations étroites d'Israël avec la France, qui seront fêtées l'année prochaine par le biais de différentes activités en France et en Israël. Les capacités de ce satellite démontrent l'innovation et l'audace Israélienne combinée à l’excellence française. -
1 Eusa Biennial Conference, Montreal, May 2007
EUSA BIENNIAL CONFERENCE, MONTREAL, MAY 2007 Communicating Europe: why so controversial? The Parliament’s webTV project MICHAEL SHACKLETON Secretariat of the European Parliament Brussels, Belgium1 Introduction The rejection of the European Constitution by French and Dutch voters in the early summer of 2005 provoked much soul-searching within the EU institutions. A lengthy period of reflection began, with everyone very uncertain about what to do next. However, such uncertainty was not synonymous with inactivity. A rather broad consensus held that the institutions had to do much more to communicate what they were doing. 70% of Europe’s citizens claimed to know very little or practically nothing about the EU and so most felt that an improved information effort was one of the ways to fill the perceived gap between the Brussels world and everybody else. After all, the EU was still producing plenty of legislation, often on highly controversial subjects, such as Reach and the Services Directive, but apparently only a minority of the citizens knew what was happening or realised that it was relevant to them. The best-known proposals developed to improve the flow of information and to reduce the gap emerged from the Commission. Margot Wallstrom, Vice-President of the Commission, put forward a series of ideas in 2005 and 2006 under the overall title of Plan D for Democracy, Dialogue and Debate, designed to coordinate the institutions’ communication strategy. However, there was much activity beyond the corridors of the Commission. This paper will concentrate on the European Parliament’s efforts to create a webTV channel, designed to enable EU citizens to know and understand better what the Parliament they elected is doing. -
The Challenge of Broadcasting Parliamentary Proceedings
The challenge of broadcasting parliamentary proceedings The importance of providing more information on and increasing coverage of parliamentary activities was underscored by some 200 participants from 80 countries at the Conference on Broadcasting of Parliamentary Business through Dedicated TV Channels and Public Broadcasting Systems, which was convened in Geneva on 19 October 2006 by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the Association of Secretaries General of Parliaments (ASGP). Interviews: Luisa Ballin Graphic design: www.creaphisme.com Printing: EBU, Geneva Copyright: February 2007 IPU-EBU-ASGP ISBN: 978 - 92 - 9142 - 323 - 1 Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) The House of Parliaments 5, chemin du Pommier – P.O.Box 330 1218 Le Grand-Saconnex/Geneva – Switzerland Website: www.ipu.org European Broadcasting Union (EBU) 17A, L’Ancienne-Route 1218 Le Grand-Saconnex/Geneva – Switzerland Website: www.ebu.ch Association of Secretaries General of Parliaments (ASGP) ASGP President and Secretary General of the Riksdagen Riksdagen 100 12 Stockholm – Sweden Website: www.asgp.info/en/home IPU-UIP Contents Introduction 2 Messages Mr. Anders B. Johnsson, IPU Secretary General 3 Mr. Anders B. Forsberg, ASGP President 4 Mr. Jean Réveillon, EBU Secretary General 5 The role of public broadcasters What the keynote speakers had to say Mr. Fritz Pleitgen, EBU President, WRD Director General and Founder of the German channel Phoenix 6 Mr. Dan Landau, former Head of the Knesset Network 6 Mr. Boris Bergant, EBU Vice-President 7 Mr. Peter Knowles, Controller, BBC Parliament 7 A particularly timely Conference Mr. Joe Phaweni, Head of the Policy Management Unit at the South African Parliament 8 Mr. -
OFEK-9 Soars Into Space
A MONTHLY REPORT COVERING NEWS AND INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES JOSEPH MORGENSTERN, PUBLISHER July 2010 Vol. XXV Issue No.7 You are invited to visit us at our website: http://ishitech.co.il OFEK-9 Soars into Space Towards the end of With the launch of Ofek-9, Israel has six spy satel- June Israel launched lites in space. a spy satellite from Defense News is a leading international news a base in the south weekly covering the global defense industry. of the country, the Barbara Opall-Rome, the Defense News’ Israeli defence ministry said, with the device report- edly capable of monitoring arch-foe Iran. co.il “A few minutes ago the State of Israel launched http://ishitech. the Ofek-9 (Horizon-9) satellite from the Pal- machim base,” the ministry said. “The results of the launch are being examined by the technical In this Issue team.” It gave no details on the satellite, but public Ofek-9 soars into space radio said it, like its predecessors in the Ofek BiolineRX deal with Cypress Bioscience worth up to $365m series, were capable of taking high resolution Merck Serono to expand Israel operations pictures and aimed at monitoring Iran’s nuclear Collagen made from transgenic tobacco plants Economic Developments Q1 2010 programme. Computers used in drive to test stress Computers used in drive to test stress The radio said the satellite was developed by Diamonds in space Israel Aircraft Industries and launched on a Sha- Nano-diamonds are forever “Bad Name” vit rocket. “A Nice Shower” Odds & Ends Israel, regards Iran as its principal threat after Medtronic invests $70m in cardiology co BioControl repeated predictions by the Islamic republic’s hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of the Jewish state’s demise. -
October 2016 ASTRO-H Spacecraft Fragments Inside
National Aeronautics and Space Administration OrbitalQuarterly Debris News Volume 20, Issue 4 October 2016 ASTRO-H Spacecraft Fragments Inside... During Payload Check-out Operations New SOZ Breakup in July 2016 2 The ASTRO-H/Hitomi/New X-Ray Telescope actual rotation of the spacecraft. The ACS assessed the BeiDou G2 Spacecraft (NeXT) high energy astrophysics observatory satellite spacecraft to be in a critical situation and attempted to Fragments in GEO Orbit 2 experienced an operationally-induced fragmentation use the RCS to enter a Safe-Hold mode. Unfortunately, event on 26 March 2016 at approximately 1:42 GMT. incorrect thruster control parameters led to the thrusters WorldView 2 Spacecraft The spacecraft (International Designator 2016-012A, increasing the angular acceleration of the spacecraft. As Fragments in July 2016 3 U.S. Strategic Command [USSTRATCOM] Space rotational speed exceeded design parameters, several Indian RISAT-1 Spacecraft Surveillance Network [SSN] catalog number 41337), major components separated from the spacecraft, Experiences Possible managed and operated by the Japan Aerospace leading to mission loss. JAXA post mortem analyses Fragmentation 4 Exploration Agency (JAXA) but including payloads from NASA/Goddard Space continued on page 2 Disposal of GOES-3 4 Flight Center, the Canadian UNCOPUOS Reaches Space Agency, and the European Consensus on First Set of Space Agency, had concluded Guidelines for Long-term its Phase 0 Critical Operations Sustainability of OSA 5 Phase and was approximately 60% complete in its Initial Changes to ODPO Website 6 Function Check Phase. The ISS Debris Avoidance Process 7 spacecraft had been on-orbit slightly over one month and CubeSat PMD by Drag was in a 31.0° inclination, 578 Enhancement 8 by 536 km orbit at the time of Abstracts 10 the event.