Claim: The Israel Space Agency was formed in 1983 as the successor agency to National Committee for Space Research that ran from 1960 to 1983 and originated as university-based research project from Tel-Aviv University in the early 1960s, that is currently headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Evidence: 1983
(Successor agency to National Committee for Space Research 1960–1983) The Israeli Space Agency originated as a university-based research project from Tel Aviv University in the early 1960s. Tel Aviv, Israel Israel Space Agency