IAI EROS B

The Earth Remote Observation System-B, or EROS-B, is the second satellite of the EROS family of Israeli commercial Earth observation satellites, designed and manufactured by Israel Aircraft Industries, now Israel Aerospace Industries. It is owned and operated by ImageSat International. IAI signed an agreement on 28 July 2001 to build it for 110 million dollars, but the project was delayed while the operator struggled to sign enough commercial customers. The satellite is 2.3 metres tall and 1.2 metres across and weighed 350 kg at launch, and its design, like EROS-A, is based on the Ofeq-3 reconnaissance satellite. It was launched on 25 April 2006 from the Svobodny Cosmodrome in eastern Siberia and offers an optical resolution of 70 cm. It was also the first commercial satellite to offer high resolution images of night-time lights from space.