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Israel Space Agency

Israel Space Agency is Israel's national space agency under the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology, with a mandate covering national civil space activity and international cooperation.^[1] It was founded in 1983 and is associated with Israeli space programmes including VENuS and the EROS satellite series.^[2] For EO buyers, its strongest role is as a programme and coordination actor rather than a data storefront: VENuS is documented as an ISA-partnered Earth observation mission launched in August 2017, while the EROS series is documented as a commercial imaging satellite line linked to Israeli space activity.^[3]^[4] A 2025 government release also describes a national space R&D laboratory and a NIS 600 million five-year civilian space investment, making ISA relevant to buyers tracking Israel's downstream space technology pipeline.^[5]

Operates

VENµS (Vegetation and Environment monitoring on a New MicroSatellite)Extended operations
Launched 2017-08-02 / Sun-synchronous, 720 km, 2-day repeat / 2 day revisit / 28 km swath

Sources

[1]Israel Space Agency - Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technologyagency doc2026-06-20Official government portal; parent ministry and mandate
[2]Israel Space Agency - Wikipediacommunity2026-06-20Used for founding year (1983), mandate, leadership (Ran Livne DG), program list
[3]VENuS - eoPortalcommunity2026-06-20Technical reference for VENuS mission specs; ISA+CNES joint mission launched Aug 2017
[4]EROS satellite series - Wikipediacommunity2026-06-20EROS A/B/C series; operated by ImageSat International (commercial subsidiary)
[5]Israel Space Agency and Israel Innovation Authority Launch National R&D Laboratory 2025agency doc2026-06-20Official Israeli government press release; NIS 600M five-year civilian space investment

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@misc{eoatlas:companies:isa-israel,
  title = {Israel Space Agency},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/companies/isa-israel}
}