http://www.menewsline.com/stories/2006/may/05_04_3.html

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel has deemed its new reconnaissance satellite a
success.

The state-owned Israel Aircraft Industries said the Eros-B1 satellite has
relayed images that demonstrated design capabilities. Eros-B1 was said to have a
high resolution image capability of less than 0.7 meters.

"The short period of time taken to manufacture the satellite and its high
quality photos are an unprecedented technological achievement," IAI president
Itzhak Nissan said.

Eros, which stands for Earth Resources Observation Satellite, was described as a
dual-use reconnaissance satellite launched on April 25. Officials said the
satellite, the third Israeli reconnaissance facility in orbit, transmitted its
first images on April 28. Israel has sought to increase monitoring of strategic
weapons facilities in Iran and other areas of the Middle East.