Israel launches spy satellite
Posted: Mon, Jun 11, 2007, 8:44 AM ET (1244 GMT)
Israel launched a small reconnaissance satellite on its own Shavit booster early Monday. The Shavit booster lifted off from the Palmachim Air Force Base in Israel at 7:40 pm EDT Sunday (2340 GMT Sunday, 2:40 am Monday local time) and placed the Ofeq-7 satellite into low Earth orbit. The 300-kilogram satellite is designed to provide high-resolution imagery for the Israeli military. Ofeq-7 will replace the aging Ofeq-5 satellite, which has been operating for about five years. The launch, which was not previously announced, is the first Israeli launch since a September 2004 failure of a Shavit carrying the Ofeq-6 satellite.
Israel launched a small reconnaissance satellite on its own Shavit booster early Monday. The Shavit booster lifted off from the Palmachim Air Force Base in Israel at 7:40 pm EDT Sunday (2340 GMT Sunday, 2:40 am Monday local time) and placed the Ofeq-7 satellite into low Earth orbit. The 300-kilogram satellite is designed to provide high-resolution imagery for the Israeli military. Ofeq-7 will replace the aging Ofeq-5 satellite, which has been operating for about five years. The launch, which was not previously announced, is the first Israeli launch since a September 2004 failure of a Shavit carrying the Ofeq-6 satellite.
Related Links:
| <<previous article | next article>> |
|
news in brief
|
|
|
|
news links
|
|
Monday, September 1
Russia is suspected of jamming navigation on EU leader’s plane above Bulgaria, an official says
AP — 9:45 am ET (1345 GMT) Solar Orbiter traces superfast electrons back to Sun
Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics — 9:17 am ET (1317 GMT) Jefferies initiates Firefly Aerospace stock with Buy rating, $60 target
Investing.com — 9:11 am ET (1311 GMT) SpaceX expands Starlink network in latest Falcon 9 launch
UPI — 9:11 am ET (1311 GMT) SpaceX successfully launched another batch of Starlink satellites
WFTV Orlando — 9:09 am ET (1309 GMT) |
