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Launch Failure
Liftoff Time (GMT)
12:56:00
Thursday January 22, 1998
An error on the second stage caused the mission to fail.
Israeli satellite Ofek 4 failed to reach its orbit. Following a failure of the launcher during the 2nd stage burn, the satellite fell into the Mediterranean Sea. The satellite was supposed to be a prototype for future Israeli civilian satellite observation EROS-A Earth.
Retrograde Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
189 kilograms
6th
Mission
1st
Mission of 1998
6th
Mission
1st
Mission of 1998
3rd
Orbital launch attempt