flown missionFailure
Shavit-2 | Ofeq-4
Israeli Space AgencyShavit Launch Pad — Palmachim Airbase, State of Israel
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
mission
- Name
- Ofeq-4
- Type
- Government/Top Secret
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Intended for surveillance of Israel's neighbours, the Ofeq series is unusual in having a retrograde orbit. This is due to the geographical location of Israel, which gives only an unobstructed launch path over the mediterranean sea. It is similar to the EROS-A civilian Earth observation satellite. Ofeq 4 (which was possibly the prototype EROS-A satellite) was lost in an launch failure in early 1998.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Shavit-2
- Family
- Shavit
- Variant
- 2
- Provider
- Israeli Space Agency
- Type
- Government
- Country
- ISR
launch site
- Pad
- Shavit Launch Pad
- Location
- Palmachim Airbase, State of Israel
- Country
- ISR
- Timezone
- Asia/Jerusalem
- Coordinates
- 31.8844, 34.6803