Status
Success
Ofek-7
Launch Time
Sun Jun 10, 2007 23:40 UTC
Sun Jun 10, 2007 23:40 UTC
First flight of Shavit-2.
Rocket
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