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Shavit | Ofeq-1

Name: Shavit | Ofeq-1
Start: 1988-09-19T09:31:00.000Z
End: 1988-09-19T09:31:00.000Z
Location: Palmachim Airbase, State of Israel

September 19, 1988 at 9:31 AM UTC

Palmachim Airbase, State of Israel

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September 19, 1988 at 9:31 AM UTC

Status: Launch Successful · Live feed refreshes every 30 seconds

Shavit Launch Pad

Palmachim Airbase, State of Israel · 31.8844, 34.6803

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Rocket: Shavit
Launch site: Shavit Launch Pad
Launch probability: Not published
Window opens: September 19, 1988 at 9:31 AM UTC
Window closes: September 19, 1988 at 9:31 AM UTC
Feed updated: June 14, 2023 at 3:58 AM UTC

Mission description

First Israeli satellite

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Shavit

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Launch complex

Shavit Launch Pad

Palmachim Airbase, State of Israel

Palmachim Airbase is an Israeli Air Force (IAF) base and spaceport, which the IAF and the Israel Space Agency (ISA) operate jointly. It is located west of the city of Yavne on the Mediterranean coast, 12 km south of the Gush Dan metropolitan area with Tel Aviv, named after the Kibbutz Palmachim north of it.

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