LaunchesOfeq-4
Israeli Space AgencyFAILURE
Ofeq-4
Shavit-2 · Government/Top Secret
1998Shavit Launch Pad, Palmachim Airbase
Mission
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.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- Israeli Space Agency
- Rocket
- Shavit-2
- Orbit
- LEO
- Pad
- Shavit Launch Pad
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2