Reports indicate that Morocco will purchase two satellites from OPTSAT 3000 series. These satellites will replace two older ones that Morocco had previously acquired from a consortium of French, Italian, and German companies, which have lower resolution capabilities.
In the previous year, Morocco also purchased the Barak 8 air defence system from IAI for USD 500 million. The production of spy satellites at IAI also involves Elbit Systems, which provides the space camera, and Rafael Advanced Defence Systems, which builds the satellite’s propulsion system that maintains its orbit. To date, IAI has sold spy satellites to India, Azerbaijan, Italy, and Singapore.
According to IAI, OPTSAT 3000 is an advanced electro optical satellite (EO satellite) that provides high-resolution imagery for both defence and homeland security applications. With its 70 cm aperture telescope and sensitive sensor, it delivers better than 50 cm high resolution imagery of locations on Earth. The optical observation satellite is lightweight and agile, capable of quick maneuvers to acquire many targets in a short time.
OPTSAT 3000 has high location accuracy and excellent image quality, making it an ideal source of optical data acquisition for both civil and military applications. In environments where precision is critical for operational success and can save lives, the optical observation satellite, augmented by IAI’s innovative ground segment software and advanced data processing, delivers multi-level accurate data with unprecedented speed.
The OPTSAT 3000 electro optical satellite is compatible with most commercial launch service providers. Being lightweight and compact, it can be launched as “Ride Share” at a greatly reduced cost.
Based on over four decades of space excellence and dozens of successful space missions, OPTSAT 3000 is IAI’s state of the art Electro Optical (EO) satellite system. OPTSAT 3000 is space proven and appreciated as a very reliable system, greatly exceeding its planned mission life. Designed according to strict requirements and built to the highest standards, OPTSAT 3000 satellites are in constant use by IAI’s customers worldwide, supplying continuous, precise, high-quality imagery of battlefields and strategic locations across the globe.