LE BOURGET, France — The Sept. 1 destruction of the Amos-6 telecommunications satellite in a SpaceX Falcon 9 on-pad explosion may have been the wake-up call the Israeli government needed to secure a future for its domestic satellite industry, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Chief Executive Joseph Weiss said.
In a June 20 interview here at the Paris Air Show, Weiss said a new Israeli government policy — still not confirmed — is in the making that would assure the production of a telecommunications satellite every three or four years.
