Israeli spy satellite launched to watch Iran
A Russian Start-1 rocket launched IAI's
Eros B satellite into orbit on Tuesday from a mobile pad at the Svobodny Cosmodrome in the Far East. The satellite is expected to be used to monitor Iran's nuclear program.
The Eros-B satellite will be deployed into a solar synchronous orbit at an altitude of 600 kilometers.
The satellite has a Charge Coupled Device/Time Delay Integration (CCD/TDI) camera with a resolution of 0.82 m for pan chromatic and 3.28 meters for multi-spectral (color) images.
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