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Satellite will spy on Iran: Israeli media

DUBAI: A leading Israeli daily said on Monday that the successful launch of a “sophisticated spy satellite” by India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle could bolster Israel’s ability to “spy on Iran.”

“Israel launched early on Monday a sophisticated new spy satellite, designated Tecsar, which could boost intelligence gathering capabilities regarding Iran,” a report posted on the website of the Israeli daily Haaretz said.

In a separate analysis, the daily said: “The launch of an Israeli satellite atop an Indian missile from a launch site in India bears a number of additional advantages. First, it enables Israel to establish a new point of view in space, allowing it photographic angles and reception of Iranian communications, which were unavailable in prior satellite launches.”

The AFP news agency quoted an analyst as saying: “The kind of low-earth polar orbit they [Israelis] are putting the satellite into, it is meant to give Israel the capability to keep an eye on the Iranian nuclear programme.”

He said, “This is bound to be seen in the Islamic world as a sinister tie-up between Israel and India.”

The Jerusalem Post said the new satellite was capable of imaging with a resolution of up to 10 centimetres.

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