Ofek-7

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

23:40:00

Sunday June 10, 2007

Mission Details

Launch Notes

First flight of Shavit-2.

Ofek-7

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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.

Retrograde Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

300 kilograms

Rocket

Active
Shavit 2

Active Since 2007

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Agency

IAI

Rocket

Height: 22m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 350 kg

Liftoff Thrust

554 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 1.35m

Height: 4.37m

Stages

3

Launch Site

Pad 1

Palmachim Airbase, Israel

Fastest Turnaround

545 days 11 hours

Stats

Shavit


9th

Mission

1st

Mission of 2007

Israel Aerospace Industries


9th

Mission

1st

Mission of 2007

2007


27th

Orbital launch attempt