Israel Pulling the Plug on TAUVEX Ultraviolet Telescope

摘要

After investing 20 years and significant sums of money on the Tel Aviv University Ultraviolet Explorer (TAUVEX,) space telescope with still no launch date in sight, Israeli space officials say the time has come to call it quits. The payload, developed by Elop in partnership with Tel Aviv University and integrated onto an Indian GSAT-series satellite, had been scheduled at least four times during 2009 and early 2010 for launch aboard India's Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV).