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Formed | 1960 |
Superseding Committee |
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Headquarters | Jerusalem, Israel |
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The National Committee for Space Research (NCSR) was a committee established in 1960 by the Israeli Government in affiliation with the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities[2] to explorer the feasibility of space launches and satellites development, and to formulate the Israel Space Agency.[3] The committee was made of a group of dedicated to the research and development of space-related sciences, and to demonstrate Israeli capabilities to its antagonistic neighbors at the time, especially Egypt.[4]