Peres: Launch of Ofek 9 satellite is start of new age
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President Shimon Peres praised the team that launched the Ofek 9 satellite and the CEO of the Israel Airforce Industries.
"The industry of the future is the industry of space. The launch of the satellite represents a most impressive entrance for Israel into a new realm, that provides a significant and qualitative advantage to Israel in obtaining information from far away areas in the world," he said. (Ronen Medzini)
