Criticism
The September 2004 failure of the Shavit resulted in the destruction of the $100 million Ofeq 6 spy satellite. Israel has announced that it will use the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, developed by India's ISRO for future Ofeq launches. There was widespread criticism about that decision of using PSLV for Ofeq launches as some quarters wanted to use only Shavit for launch for reasons of national pride. The followup Ofeq 7 was successfully launched on a Shavit rocket in 2007. Israel also launched TecSAR SAR satellite on India's PSLV on January 21, 2008.
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