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Shavit-2

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Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)

April 5, 1995

Description

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Specifications

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Family

Name
Shavit-2
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Variant
2
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Full Name
Shavit-2

Payload Capacity

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Low Earth Orbit
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Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Direct Geostationary
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Israel Aerospace Industries

Commercial

None

IAI

None

Previous Flights

flew on 11 previous launch(es).

Shavit-2 | Ofek-19

Israel Aerospace Industries | Israel
Palmachim Airbase, State of Israel
Sept. 2, 2025, 7:30 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Ofek-19 is an Israeli SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) reconnaissance satellite with enhanced capabilities.

Low Earth Orbit

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Shavit-2 | Ofek-13

Israel Aerospace Industries | Israel
Palmachim Airbase, State of Israel
March 28, 2023, 11:10 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Ofek is a series of Israeli reconnaissance satellites. Ofek-13 is an Israeli SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) reconnaissance satellite that combines high resolution with large area coverage using electronic beam steering.

Low Earth Orbit

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Shavit-2 | Ofek-16

Israel Aerospace Industries | Israel
Palmachim Airbase, State of Israel
July 6, 2020, 1 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Ofek is a series of Israeli reconnaissance satellites.

Low Earth Orbit

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Shavit-2 | Ofeq-11

Israel Aerospace Industries | Israel
Palmachim Airbase, State of Israel
Sept. 13, 2016, 2:38 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Ofeq-11 is part of the Ofeq family of the reconnaissance satellites designed and built by Israel Aerospace Industries for the Israeli Ministry of Defense.

Low Earth Orbit

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Shavit-2 | Ofeq-10

Israel Aerospace Industries | Israel
Palmachim Airbase, State of Israel
April 9, 2014, 7:06 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Shavit-2 | Ofek-9

Israel Aerospace Industries | Israel
Palmachim Airbase, State of Israel
June 22, 2010, 7 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Shavit-2 | Ofeq-7

Israel Aerospace Industries | Israel
Palmachim Airbase, State of Israel
June 10, 2007, 11:40 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Second generation Israeli reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit

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Shavit-2 | Ofeq-6

Israel Aerospace Industries | Israel
Palmachim Airbase, State of Israel
Sept. 6, 2004, 10:53 a.m.

Status: Launch Failure

Mission:

Military observation satellite failed to reach orbit. Finanical loss estimated by Israeli press as $ 100 million..

Low Earth Orbit

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Shavit-2 | Ofeq-5

Israel Aerospace Industries | Israel
Palmachim Airbase, State of Israel
May 28, 2002, 3:25 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Military Observation satellite.

Low Earth Orbit

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Shavit-2 | Ofeq-4

Israel Aerospace Industries | Israel
Palmachim Airbase, State of Israel
Jan. 22, 1998, 12:56 p.m.

Status: Launch Failure

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.

Low Earth Orbit

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Shavit-2 | Ofeq-3

Israel Aerospace Industries | Israel
Palmachim Airbase, State of Israel
April 5, 1995, 11:16 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

The Ofeq 3 series was the first generation of Israeli spy satellites.

Low Earth Orbit

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