MAIL-IT REQUESTED: JANUARY 27, 2000 10580X CLIENT: PAUL LIBRARY: NEWS FILE: ALLNWS YOUR SEARCH REQUEST AT THE TIME THIS MAIL-IT WAS REQUESTED: FRANCE SPACE TECHNOLOGY NUMBER OF STORIES FOUND WITH YOUR REQUEST THROUGH: LEVEL 1... 3 LEVEL 1 PRINTED DISPLAY FORMAT: FULL SEND TO: WEBSTER LIBRARY, # 1 CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES 7141 SHERBROOKE STREET WEST MONTREAL, QUEBEC CANADA H4B 1R6 **********************************07369********************************** PAGE 1 LEVEL 1 - 1 OF 3 STORIES Copyright 1998 The Jerusalem Post The Jerusalem Post June 22, 1998, Monday SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 4 LENGTH: 660 words HEADLINE: Israel, France to probe space, laser cooperation BYLINE: Steve Rodan BODY: Israel and France intend to expand space cooperation and begin development of laser technology that has military applications, officials from both countries said yesterday. The officials met during a Tel Aviv workshop sponsored by the Israel Space Agency and the French Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (National Center for Space Studies), and discussed joint research programs that would significantly widen cooperation in space reconnaissance. Israel Space Agency chairman Yuval Neeman said Israel and France are currently working on four joint projects with the intention of adding additional programs. He said Israel hopes to use its cooperation with the French to be eventually integrated into the European Space Agency. "We will try to see some possibilities for mutual cooperation," said Alain Ben-Soussan, director of the French space agency. "Israel certainly has a strong industry and is very active in computers and is already supplying French and European industries with equipment. Israel is an active actor in this field." Ben-Soussan said the fields of cooperation include the use of space reconnaissance satellites for environmental studies, climatology, global changes and agriculture. "France and Israel are both on the Mediterranean Sea and have a need to develop these programs," he said. The French space director said he foresees continued cooperation in which his country and Israel use its own satellites for research while sharing instruments to conduct research. He said the two countries would use small inexpensive satellites for research cooperation. Avraham Tal, head of remote sensing at Tel Aviv University's Interdisciplinary Center for Technological Analysis and Forecasting, said Israel and France began cooperation in space in December 1990 when they signed an agreement for the Israeli reception of data from the Spot Image satellite. The cooperation eventually included joint programs and seminars in which each side financed their part of the project. Tal said the current workshop, which ends today, is being attended by the largest visiting French space delegation to Israel - 16 representatives and scientists. They are joined by about 40 Israeli researchers and officials. PAGE 2 The Jerusalem Post, June 22, 1998 "The goal is to find a subject in which there is joint interest between Israeli and French researchers," Tal said. "Beyond the finding of subjects, our goal is to head toward joint projects of research and development. One of the subjects is to integrate laser and radar to see unidentified objects and dust in the atmosphere (and) also to make precise measurements of the earth." Tal said the Lidar project - which integrates laser and radar - has military applications, but he stressed that the research is civilian. He said that Israel requires partners for space cooperation because the costs of such projects are too prohibitive for one country. "The area of space is very expensive and countries are seeking ways to cut costs," he said. "One of the ways is cooperation. You see it in the Russian space station Mir. One country alone can't advance all that it seeks to do. And Israel fortunately in scientific and technology is in the position to build cooperation with NASA and the Europeans." The Israel Space Agency is monitoring the imminent launching of the Technion satellite Techsat, which was developed by a team of university scientists and students together with Israel Aircraft Industries' Mabat division. The tiny Techsat, which measures 45-by-45-by-45 centimeters and weighs 50 kilograms, will be launched on a Russian Zenith rocket booster. The microsatellite will carry a payload for scientific research as well as for communications for ham radio operators. IAI executives said they hope that the research with the Technion will result in turning microsatellites into a viable product for countries and institutions that want to purchase small and inexpensive satellites. GRAPHIC: Photo: Prof. Alain Ben-Soussan, chairman of the French space agency, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (left), and Prof. Yuval Neeman, chairman of the Israel Space Agency, at a joint workshop at Tel Aviv University yesterday. (Credit: Israel Sun) LANGUAGE: ENGLISH LOAD-DATE: June 22, 1998 PAGE 3 LEVEL 1 - 2 OF 3 STORIES Copyright 1988 The San Diego Union-Tribune The San Diego Union-Tribune November 25, 1988, Friday SECTION: NEWS; Ed. 1,2,3,4,5,6; Pg. A-1 GRAPHIC: 1 PHOTO Readying for blastoff: The Soviet spaceship Soyuz TM-7 rolls to the LOAD-DATE: September 4, 1996 PAGE 4 LEVEL 1 - 3 OF 3 STORIES Copyright 1988 Bergen Record Corp. The Record July 22, 1988; FRIDAY SECTION: NEWS; Four Star B ALSO IN Four Star P, Two Star; Pg. A12 LENGTH: 98 words HEADLINE: ARIANE-3 ROCKET LAUNCHED COLUMN: WORLD BRIEFS SOURCE: Wire services BYLINE: FROM THE RECORD'S WIRE SERVICES DATELINE: KOUROU, French Guiana BODY: An Ariane-3 rocket carrying satellites for European and Indian customers blasted off without a hitch Thursday from the European Space Agency's launch site in the jungle of French Guiana. Shortly after the 7:12 p.m. EDT liftoff, the satellites were put into orbit. The liftoff from the launch pad in Kourou, on the northeast coast of South America, was the 24th for Arianespace, the company responsible for commercial flights of European rockets. Additional launches are scheduled for September, October, November, and December. Nine launches are set for 1989. LANGUAGE: English LOAD-DATE: March 14, 1996