Defense and industry officials here are mulling multiple deployment options for Israel's next Ofeq-series optical spy satellite, including launching on a foreign rocket or using Israel's indigenous Shavit 2 rocket operating from an overseas base. Potential overseas launch sites under consideration include Brazil's Alcantara Launch Center, Europe's Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana; and - for launches of future-generation Ofeq satellites - the offshore San Marco platform near Malindi, Kenya, which is managed by the Italian Space Agency but is currently inactive.
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