 This came to fruition in 1988 when Israel launched the first in a series of "Ofeq" satellites and thus became one of only a few nations in the world possessing an indigenous space launching capability ("see" timeline of first orbital launches by country).The project management at Israel Aircraft Industries was headed for many years by Dr. Moshe Bar-Lev.The agency vision as defined by the guiding committee on July 27, 2005 states