NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Ofek-7

Launch Time
Sun Jun 10, 2007 23:40 UTC

First flight of Shavit-2.

Rocket

Shavit 2
IAI
Status: Active
Liftoff Thrust: 554 kN
Payload to LEO: 350 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 22.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 1.35 m
Fairing Height: 4.37 m

Mission Details

Ofek-7

Ofek-7 was placed into an elliptical orbit with a perigee of 340 km and an apogee of 576 km.

With a weight of 300 kg identical to its predecessors, it is equipped with a new instrument allowing it to take more accurate images, with a spatial resolution of 70 cm. In addition, the satellite is specified as being agile enough to take multiple images of an area. Its expected life is 5 years.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 300.0 kg
Retrograde Low Earth Orbit

Location

Pad 1, Palmachim Airbase, Israel

Stats

2007

27th orbital launch attempt

Israel Aerospace Industries

9th mission
1st mission of 2007
5th successful mission
1st consecutive successful mission

Shavit

9th mission
1st mission of 2007
5th successful mission
1st consecutive successful mission