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Registration Nos. 333-160683
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 31, 2014


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM F-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

GILAT SATELLITE NETWORKS LTD.
 (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Israel
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
Not Applicable
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
Gilat House
21 Yegia Kapayim Street
Kiryat Arye
Petah Tikva, 49130 Israel
Tel: 972 3-925-2908
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
 
Gilat North America, LLC 1750 Old Meadow Road
McLean, VA 22102
Tel: 703-848-1000
Fax: 703-848-1010
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies of all communications, including communications sent to agent for service, should be sent to:
 
Yael Shofar, Adv.
Gilat House
21 Yegia Kapayim Street
Kiryat Arye
Petah Tikva, 49130 Israel
Tel: 972 3-9252908
Fax: 972 3-9252945
Steven J. Glusband, Esq.
Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP
2 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
Tel: 212-238-8605
Fax: 212-732-3232

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not Applicable.

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.o

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. o

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EXPLANATORY NOTE
 
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 relates to the Registration Statement on Form F-3 (No. 333-160683) initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) by Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (the  “Registrant”) on July 20, 2009 (the “Registration Statement”) relating to the registration by the Registrant of up to 8,121,651 of its ordinary shares (the “Ordinary Shares”) to be sold by York Capital Management (the “Selling Shareholder”).
 
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement is being filed because the contractual period under which the Registrant was required to maintain  the  Registration Statement has terminated.

 
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statements to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Petah Tikva, Israel, on December 29, 2014.
 
 
By:
/s/ Erez Antebi                                                           
 
   
Erez Antebi
 
   
Chief Executive Officer
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statements has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on December 29, 2014.
 
Signature
 
Title
/s /Dov Baharav                                                                  
Dov Baharav
 
Chairman of the Board of Directors
/s/ Erez Antebi                                                                     
Erez Antebi
 
Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Yaniv Reinhold                                                              
Yaniv Reinhold
 
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)
/s/ Amiram Boehm                                                               
Amiram Boehm
 
Director
/s/ Ishay Davidi                                                                   
Ishay Davidi
 
Director
/s/ Gilead Halevy                                                                 
Gilead Halevy
 
Director
/s/ Zvi Lieber                                                                        
Zvi Lieber
 
Director
/s/ Leora (Rubin) Meridor                                                  
Leora (Rubin) Meridor
 
Director
_________________________________________
Kainan Rafaeli
 
Director
GILAT NORTH AMERICA, LLC
 
By:      /s/ Yaniv Reinhold                                                   
Name: Yaniv Reinhold
Title:   Director of  Gilat North America, LLC
 
 
 
Authorized Representative in the United States

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