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Israel Aerospace Industries, the country's state-owned aerospace company, operates the Spacecom subsidiary and manufactures the AMOS commercial satellite series and OFEQ reconnaissance satellites.
ACTIVEIsrael Aerospace Industries is Israel's government-owned aerospace and defense company, delivering systems in the sea, air, land, space and cyber domains for defense and commercial customers. In space it builds observation and communication satellites, ground stations and launchers, and in 2025 launched the Ofek 19 satellite and the national communications satellite Dror-1.
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is Israel's largest defense and aerospace company, wholly owned by the State of Israel. IAI's Space Division is responsible for building Israel's national satellites, including the OFEQ series of military reconnaissance satellites known for their remarkable capabilities despite their small size. Through its Spacecom subsidiary, IAI operates the AMOS commercial communications satellite fleet serving the Middle East, Europe, and Asia. IAI also develops space-qualified electronics, satellite structures, and mission systems, and has launched satellites into retrograde orbit to counter Israel's geographic constraints. The company is expanding into small satellite constellations and space-based surveillance systems.
Rank 39 of 93 ranked companies. With the pillars we have not measured for this company filled at the 10th and 90th percentiles of the companies we did measure, and every other company held at its published total, the rank is likely between 27 and 56.
2 of 5 inputs measured · Medium confidence · 77% of applicable weight backed by data
Not measured: Reported revenue
Not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
Not measured: Launch success rate (12 months)
A pillar score averages the company’s percentiles among the tracked companies with a value: relative standing, not a grade. Inputs measured 2026-10-14 (UTC) · methodology v6. Every input, its value and percentile · How it is computed
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No private round on record. Debt, grants, state capital, owner funding and acquisitions are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.
Commercial geostationary communications satellites operated by Spacecom, providing broadcast, broadband, and government communication services across the Middle East, Europe, and Asia.
Military reconnaissance satellite series with electro-optical and synthetic aperture radar imaging, launched westward into retrograde orbit on Shavit from Israel (latest Ofek-19, Sept 2025).
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Compiled Oct 14, 2026 from 2 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from.
Launches flown as provider
1 since Nov 18, 2024
none failed. Latest: Shavit-2 | Ofek-19
Our launch record starts Nov 18, 2024; earlier launches are not counted here. Every kind of launch in the feed counts, crewed, lunar and station missions included.
Source: Launch Library 2 launch record
Latest launch Sep 2, 2025
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 14). Israel Aerospace Industries: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/israel-aerospace-industries
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "Israel Aerospace Industries: Company dossier." Data as of October 14, 2026. Accessed October 14, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/israel-aerospace-industries.
BibTeX
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author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{Israel Aerospace Industries}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/israel-aerospace-industries}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/israel-aerospace-industries},
urldate = {2026-10-14},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-14; each fact links its primary source}
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