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India defence and agriculture has a close interactivity with Israeli industries.
The Israeli satellite has used an India launcher since it is cheap and the Israeli economy is not quite booming as it used to and so they are trying to save on money matters.
Dear Salim and Cheetah,
Contrary to what you are saying that Indian Launches are cheaper please see
what your space scientist is saying below
Antrix Corporation head, K R Sridharamurthy, said that Antrix quoted higher than international rates because of the PSLVs design and suitability. Declining to give the exact revenue of the launch, Sridharamurthy said the charge for launching TESCAR was much higher than the normal international rates which ranged between $15,000 and $20,000 per kg of payload.
While this maybe a boost for India and their relations with Israel, I hope India has carefully thought out its fall outs. The launch has been widely reported in the Islamic world with alarm. You may read the same in Iran and Palestine press against whom they will be used by Israel. While India may tom tom its love for the Islamic world its actions speak contrary, unless ofcourse there is a quid pro understanding that the feed over say Pakistan will be shared with India.
Maybe thats why the US and French did not offer their launchers.
Regards