Ofeq-1, first named Oz-1, was the first Israeli satellite. Israel Aircraft Industries, now Israel Aerospace Industries, built it with MBT for the Israel Space Agency, and it was launched on 19 September 1988 on a Shavit rocket from Palmachim Air Force Base, which made Israel the eighth nation to put an indigenously built satellite into orbit. It was a spin-stabilised technology satellite on an irregular octagonal aluminium prism about 2.3 m high, powered by body-mounted solar cells, and it carried magnetometers and housekeeping monitoring rather than a disclosed imaging payload. Because Israeli launches must pass over the Mediterranean, it went into a retrograde orbit. It tested solar power generation, radio transmission and reception, and survival in vacuum and weightlessness. Expected to last a few weeks, it stayed in orbit until 14 January 1989.
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Source Gunter's Space Page: Ofeq 1, 2 (Oz 1, 2)
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Source Gunter's Space Page: Ofeq 1, 2 (Oz 1, 2)
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Source Ofeq (Encyclopedia Astronautica)Programme summaryQuote, Programme summary
Ofeq 1-2 Israeli technology satellite. Ofeq, meaning 'Horizon', was a technology demonstration satellite developed by IAI (Israel Aircraft Industries) for ISA (Israel Space Agency).
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Source Gunter's Space Page: Ofeq 1, 2 (Oz 1, 2)LeadQuote, Lead
Ofeq 1, originally named Oz 1, was the first Israeli satellite.
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1. Gunter's Space Page: Ofeq 1, 2 (Oz 1, 2)
Launch
On 19. September 1988 Ofeq 1 was launched on an indigenous launch vehicle, the Shavit, form Palmachim Air Force Base.
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Ofeq 1, originally named Oz 1, was the first Israeli satellite.
Mission end
Expected life was a few weeks but did not reenter until January 14 1989 because of higher than expected orbit.
Specifications, mass
Mass: 157 kg (#1); 160 kg (#2)
Of Make: Israel Aerospace Industries, Lead, builder
It was built by IAI (Israel Aircraft Industries) and MBT for the Israel Space Agency (ISA).
Exemplifies: Orbital Spaceflight, Launch, Israel as a launching nation
With its successful launch, Israel became the eighth nation to launch an indigenous satellite.
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Programme summaryQuote, Programme summary
Ofeq 1-2 Israeli technology satellite. Ofeq, meaning 'Horizon', was a technology demonstration satellite developed by IAI (Israel Aircraft Industries) for ISA (Israel Space Agency).
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