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International Space Flight (ESA, Russia, China and others) => Other Launchers (Korean, Brazilian etc.) => Topic started by: Satori on 10/08/2006 11:29 am
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The last launch from Israel was on September 6th 2004 that wich ended with the satellite on the Mediterranian Sea. We know that Isreal uses other satellites apart from the Ofek series (like the recently launched EROS-B sat) for military and civilan observation.
I think that the Ofek-7 launched was planned for 2006 and delayed to 2007 (January??), but anyone has other informations regarding a possible Israeli launch schedule?
Also, for some years there were some rumors about possible Israeli orbital launch failures. They were trying the Jericho missile and maybe some of these launches were associated with possible orbital atempts.
Comments?
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The launch of Ofeq' 7 is now planned for August 2007!
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It seems there was a launch (reported as successful) from Palmahim on July 12, 2005.
Must have been a test launch since nothing actually went into orbit. A Shavit upgrade was apparently mentionned in Israeli press.
Does anyone have better information?
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Space Lizard - 19/12/2006 10:40 AM
It seems there was a launch (reported as successful) from Palmahim on July 12, 2005.
Must have been a test launch since nothing actually went into orbit. A Shavit upgrade was apparently mentionned in Israeli press.
Does anyone have better information?
There are some stories about some orbital launch failures by the Shaviyt or the Jericho-2 but it's the first time I read something about this one. It would be interesting to find something about ths launch!
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On July 12, 2005, Israel successfully tested a new version of the Shavit from the Palmachim test site. The new vehicle is expected to have a payload capacity of 600-800 kilograms (1,320-1,760 lb) to low Earth orbit. (Flight International, 7/05)
I wonder if this "new version" could have been the LK-2 variant?
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The LK-2 was supposed to have a Taurus-like design, with a Castor 120 first stage. I guess we would have heard of it.
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There are reports about the launch of TechSAR using an Indian PSLV. However, the launch manifest of the PSLV contains Oceansat 2 and the Indian moon probe which have priority over TechSAR. According to the technical infrastructure at the two Indian launch sites, summer of 2008 seems to be the earliest possible launch date for TechSAR. Amos 3 - which may also be used for military communications - could be launched using the first or second Zenit 3SLB land launch opportunity from October 2007 to March 2008. Ofeq 7 is expected to ride a Shavit launcher in the second half of 2007 or the first half of 2008 according to Jerusalem Post. Eros C could be launched from Svobodny (Russia) as early as by the end of 2007 using the Start 1 launcher, but probably in early 2008 shortly before this launch site is eventually abandoned. Tauvex is an astronomy satellite which is planned to be launched as a secondary payload on a GSLV together with G-Sat 4 (Healthsat) by India at the end of 2007. Ofeq 8 and another dedicated military communication satellite are planned for launch after 2008.
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So, anything upcoming?
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It seems that the launch of TechSAR using the Indian PSLV in August has been postponed for at least three months in favour of a brand new Indian spy satellelite: Cartosat 2-A.
The Russians claimed to launch Eros C using the Start 1 launcher before the end of this year, shortly before their Svobodny space launch facility eventually closes.
Finally the Amos 3 military communication satellite is planned for launch this year by a Zenit 3SLB, probably in November. More information is not available, but Ofeq 7/Shavit is always good for a surprise.
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The Space Calendar is given February 2008 has the launch date for Ofeq-7...
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Someone in Israel on collectSPACE is reporting that they just launched OFEK-7:
http://collectspace.com/ubb/Forum32/HTML/000128.html
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Israel successfully launches Ofek 7 spy satellite
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1181228591351&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
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but Ofeq 7/Shavit is always good for a surprise.
Yup Watchdog, you can say that again! Is the exact time available?
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sammie - 11/6/2007 11:58 AM
but Ofeq 7/Shavit is always good for a surprise.
Yup Watchdog, you can say that again! Is the exact time available?
According to http://rian.ru/technology/cosmos/20070611/67060020.html at 02:40 local and 03:40 Moscow, but between Israel and Moscow are 2 hours, so i think it was at 23:40 GMT on Sunday.
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sammie - 11/6/2007 4:58 AM
but Ofeq 7/Shavit is always good for a surprise.
Yup Watchdog, you can say that again! Is the exact time available?
You bet!
Xinhua (http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/11/content_6227223.htm) is reporting that launch time was 2320UTC June 10th but it is an error. Launch was at 2.40 am local time, so 2340UTC
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The IAI press-release (http://www.iai.co.il/Default.aspx?docID=36723&FolderID=32981&lang=EN) about the Ofeq-7 launch!
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According to the IAI press release, it looks like it is an ew version of the Shavit
The launcher used to launch OFEK 7 is more capable and reliable than the launcher used for OFEK 5 in 2002. Since the first launch of OFEK in 1988, the SHAVIT launcher was continuously improved in order to enable insertion into orbit of ever more advanced OFEK satellites.
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Hi everybody,
here is a link to a movie taken by a guy from Israel watching from the beach - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxw4iDO9iys
They are talking in hebrew. Sorry for the Low-quality, it is not mine (can't bring a camera inside launch field)
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koraldon - 12/6/2007 12:20 PM
Hi everybody,
here is a link to a movie taken by a guy from Israel watching from the beach - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxw4iDO9iys
They are talking in hebrew. Sorry for the Low-quality, it is not mine (can't bring a camera inside launch field)
If there was people on the beach waiting for the launch, why wasn't it announced in the West?
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The people on the beach are probably part of the space industry/academy, without permits to go into the launch site - which is the same all over the world I believe. The launch was not announced beforehand.
Only launches on foreign launchers (AMOS / TechSAR / EROS) are announced.
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Any idea when Israel can launch another Shaviyt?
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You have a payload you want to launch ;) ?
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koraldon - 13/10/2007 5:15 PM
You have a payload you want to launch ;) ?
Polaris? :laugh: :laugh:
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A bump in this thread!
Any idea about a future Israeli launch?
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I am guessing that the next Ofeq launch will be attempted sometime during the six months starting October 2009. The launch record is: Ofeq 1993 - fail, Ofeq 3 - success, Ofeq 4 - fail, Ofeq 5 - success, Ofeq 6 - fail, Ofeq 7 - success, Ofeq 8 .......(tin hats ready)?
Also, will Ofeq 8 be the first flight of the larger OpSat-3000 platform, shown at Paris last year? Ofeq 7 was the 2000 series platform.
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Also, will Ofeq 8 be the first flight of the larger OpSat-3000 platform, shown at Paris last year?
No, I guess.
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There will be EROS-C launch, before Ofeq. It is planned to be launched aboard Start-1 launch vehicle from Svobodny, Russia, this year but not certain when.
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There will be EROS-C launch, before Ofeq. It is planned to be launched aboard Start-1 launch vehicle from Svobodny, Russia, this year but not certain when.
Svobodny cosmodrome was closed.
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There will be EROS-C launch, before Ofeq. It is planned to be launched aboard Start-1 launch vehicle from Svobodny, Russia, this year but not certain when.
Svobodny cosmodrome was closed.
Only in name
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There will be EROS-C launch, before Ofeq. It is planned to be launched aboard Start-1 launch vehicle from Svobodny, Russia, this year but not certain when.
Svobodny cosmodrome was closed.
No its open.
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Svobodny called Vostochniy now.
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Svobodny called Vostochniy now.
Not really, Svobodny is the launch site for Start-1 launch vehicle. Vostochniy is a new launch site for interplanetary and human spaceflight missions which is on the south of Svobodny.
http://www.interfax.ru/news.asp?id=49144 or
http://www.roscosmos.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=4911
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"Ofeq-8 Nearing Launch, Ofeq-9 Stalled
Israel is readying its newest spy satellite, Ofeq-8, for launch by the middle of next year, but production orders for a next-generation Ofeq-9 are stalled pending a cost-sharing and technical agreement with a prospective partner country."
Full article: http://www.spacenews.com/military/091113-ofeq-8-nearing-launch-ofeq-9-stalled.html
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Lets just hope we won't see certain suborbital launches from Israel or Iran...
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Kick-starting Israel's place in space. (http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/InnovativeIsrael/Kick-starting_Israel_in_space_Sept_2010.htm)
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Israel Studies Airborne Launch Scheme for Shavit Rocket
http://www.spacenews.com/launch/110722-israel-airborne-launch-shavit.html
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Israel Studies Airborne Launch Scheme for Shavit Rocket
http://www.spacenews.com/launch/110722-israel-airborne-launch-shavit.html
Ok this needs to be asked; Doing "aerobatic" maneuvers in a 747 instead of maybe trying a simpler and easier method since the article states they would need to modify (well, of course they have to buy one first, but my point.... ;) ) the 747 anyway?
http://www.airlaunchllc.com/AIAA-2008-7835-176.pdf (http://www.airlaunchllc.com/AIAA-2008-7835-176.pdf)
Randy
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Is known any new information about israeli's launches in the future?
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Is known any new information about israeli's launches in the future?
We know that EROS C is planned but this might well be launched on a Russian vehicle from a Russian site since the EROS satellites use polar orbits.
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Launch time for Ofeq-11 was 14:50UTC.
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Launched:
Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (UTC)
1988.09.19 - Ofeq-1 - Shavit - Palmachim Airbase
1990.04.03 - Ofeq-2 - Shavit - Palmachim Airbase
1995.04.05 - Ofeq-3 (OPSAT-1000) - Shavit-1 - Palmachim Airbase
1998.01.22 - Ofeq-4 (OPSAT-1000) - Shavit-1 - Palmachim Airbase (Failure)
2002.05.28 - Ofeq-5 (OPSAT-2000) - Shavit-1 - Palmachim Airbase - 15:25
2004.09.06 - Ofeq-6 (OPSAT-2000) - Shavit-1 - Palmachim Airbase (Failure)
2007.06.11 - Ofeq-7 (OPSAT-2000) - Shavit-2 - Palmachim Airbase - 23:40
2010.06.22 - Ofeq-9 (OPSAT-2000) - Shavit-2 - Palmachim Airbase - 19:00
2014.04.09 - Ofeq-10 (TECSAR-2) - Shavit-2 - Palmachim Airbase - 19:06
2016.09.13 - Ofeq-11 (OPSAT-3000) - Shavit-2 - Palmachim Airbase - 14:38
Foreign launchers:
1995.03.28 - Techsat-1 (Gurwin) - Start - Plesetsk (Failure) - 09:00:00
1996.05.16 - AMOS-1 - Ariane-44L H10-3 - Kourou ELA-2 (French Guiana) - 01:56
1998.07.10 - Techsat-1B (Gurwin) - Зенит-2 - Baikonur 45/1 (Kazakhstan) - 05:45:00
2000.12.05 - EROS-A (OPSAT-1000) - Start-1 - Svobodny 5 (Russia) - 12:32
2003.12.27 - AMOS-2 - Soyuz-FG/Fregat - Baikonur 31/6 (Kazakhstan) - 21:30:00
2006.04.25 - EROS-B (OPSAT-2000) - Start-1 - Svobodny 5 (Russia) - 16:47:16
2008.01.21 - Ofeq-8 (TECSAR-1) - PSLV-CA - Shriharikota (India) - 03:45:00
2008.04.27 - AMOS-3 - Zenit-3SLB/DM-SLB - Baikonur 45/1 (Kazakhstan) - 05:00
2013.08.31 - AMOS-4 - Zenit-3SLB/DM-SLB - Baikonur 45/1 (Kazakhstan) - 20:05
2016.09.01 - AMOS-6 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40 (USA) (destroyed during static fire preparations)
Scheduled:
Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (UTC)
2017
Foreign launchers:
August - VENµS (VENUS), SHALOM (OPSAT-3000) , SAMSON 1/2/3 - Vega (VV10) - Kourou ZLV (French Guiana)
2018
Foreign launchers:
TBD - EROS-C - TBD -TBD
Unclear
Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (UTC)
TBD - Ofeq-12 - Shavit-2 (TBD) - Palmachim Airbase
Changes on September 13th
Changes on September 15th
Changes on September 21st
Changes on September 22nd
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BGUSAT (Ben Gurion Unicersity Satellite) and DIDO-1 (Space Pharma) - February 15 (on PSLV)
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BGUSAT (Ben Gurion Unicersity Satellite) and DIDO-1 (Space Pharma) - February 15 (on PSLV)
It is DIDO-2 on this launch. DIDO-1 will go on the Falcon-9/FORMOSAT-5/SHERPA launch
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Launched:
Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (UTC)
1988.09.19 - Ofeq-1 - Shavit - Palmachim Airbase
1990.04.03 - Ofeq-2 - Shavit - Palmachim Airbase
1995.04.05 - Ofeq-3 (OPSAT-1000) - Shavit-1 - Palmachim Airbase
1998.01.22 - Ofeq-4 (OPSAT-1000) - Shavit-1 - Palmachim Airbase (Failure)
2002.05.28 - Ofeq-5 (OPSAT-2000) - Shavit-1 - Palmachim Airbase - 15:25
2004.09.06 - Ofeq-6 (OPSAT-2000) - Shavit-1 - Palmachim Airbase (Failure)
2007.06.11 - Ofeq-7 (OPSAT-2000) - Shavit-2 - Palmachim Airbase - 23:40
2010.06.22 - Ofeq-9 (OPSAT-2000) - Shavit-2 - Palmachim Airbase - 19:00
2014.04.09 - Ofeq-10 (TECSAR-2) - Shavit-2 - Palmachim Airbase - 19:06
2016.09.13 - Ofeq-11 (OPSAT-3000) - Shavit-2 - Palmachim Airbase - 14:38
Foreign launchers:
1995.03.28 - Techsat-1 (Gurwin) - Start - Plesetsk (Failure) - 09:00:00
1996.05.16 - AMOS-1 - Ariane-44L H10-3 - Kourou ELA-2 (French Guiana) - 01:56
1998.07.10 - Techsat-1B (Gurwin) - Зенит-2 - Baikonur 45/1 (Kazakhstan) - 05:45:00
2000.12.05 - EROS-A (OPSAT-1000) - Start-1 - Svobodny 5 (Russia) - 12:32
2003.12.27 - AMOS-2 - Soyuz-FG/Fregat - Baikonur 31/6 (Kazakhstan) - 21:30:00
2006.04.25 - EROS-B (OPSAT-2000) - Start-1 - Svobodny 5 (Russia) - 16:47:16
2008.01.21 - Ofeq-8 (TECSAR-1) - PSLV-CA - Shriharikota (India) - 03:45:00
2008.04.27 - AMOS-3 - Zenit-3SLB/DM-SLB - Baikonur 45/1 (Kazakhstan) - 05:00
2013.08.31 - AMOS-4 - Zenit-3SLB/DM-SLB - Baikonur 45/1 (Kazakhstan) - 20:05
2016.09.01 - AMOS-6 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40 (USA) (destroyed during static fire preparations)
2017.02.15 - BGUSAT (Ben Gurion University Satellite) and DIDO-2 (Chen Jiayong 1) - PSLV-C37 (XL) - Shriharikota - 03:58
2017.08.02 - OPTSAT-3000 (SHALOM), Venµs (VENUS) - Vega (VV10) - Kourou ZLV - 01:58:33
Scheduled:
Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (UTC)
2018
Foreign launchers:
NET December 26 – SAMSON 1,SAMSON 2, SAMSON 3 – Soyuz-2-1A/Fregat – Vostochniy 1S (or PSLV)
December - SpaceIL Sparrow - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40 (or January 2019)
2019
Foreign launchers:
2018 TBD - EROS-C - TBD -TBD
Unclear
Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (UTC)
TBD - Ofeq-12 - Shavit-2 (TBD) - Palmachim Airbase
Changes on August 4th
Changes on September 12th
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Israeli lunar lander built by IAI will be launched on December 2018 onboard a SpaceX launcher. Lunar landing - Februaty 13 2019.
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This is the SpaceIL lander that couldn't meet the Google Lunar X-Prize deadline.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/248700
"Israeli lunar landing planned for 2019
'We will plant Israeli flag on the moon.' Unmanned Israeli spacecraft to launch for lunar landing mission in December 2018.
An Israeli spacecraft will land on the moon early in 2019, the SpaceIL corporation announced Tuesday, in a mission which would make Israel the fourth country to make a lunar landing.
The SpaceIL spacecraft will be launched from the United States on a Falcon 9 orbital launch vehicle, built by Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, or SpaceX."
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Samson 1, 2, 3:
https://detaly.co.il/bolshie-vozmozhnosti-malenkih-sputnikov/
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Bing translation.
"At the end of 2018, the university (Technion) intends to launch into space, to an altitude of 600 kilometers, three satellites at once. Each is the size of a shoe box and weighing eight kilograms. After you start to control their flight will be MCC tehnionovskij. This project was named "Samson", it was developed with the financial assistance of the Fund «Edlis, Ministry of science, technology and space, and the Israeli space agency.
— What time is slated launch?
— At the end of this year. For the month of December."
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October 03, 2018
RELEASE 18-083
NASA, Israel Space Agency Sign Agreement for Commercial Lunar Cooperation
NASA has signed an agreement with the Israel Space Agency (ISA) to cooperatively utilize the Israeli nonprofit SpaceIL’s commercial lunar mission, expected to land on the Moon in 2019.
NASA will contribute a laser retroreflector array to aid with ground tracking and Deep Space Network support to aid in mission communication. ISA and SpaceIL will share data with NASA from the SpaceIL lunar magnetometer installed aboard the spacecraft. The instrument, which was developed in collaboration with the Weizmann Institute of Science, will measure the magnetic field on and above the landing site. The data will be made publicly available through NASA’s Planetary Data System. In addition, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will attempt to take scientific measurements of the SpaceIL lander as it lands on the Moon.
The agreement was signed by NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and Avi Blasberger, Director of the Israel Space Agency. Dr. Ido Anteby, CEO of SpaceIL, was also present.
“I’m thrilled to extend progress in commercial cooperation we’ve made in low-Earth orbit to the lunar environment with this new agreement with the Israel Space Agency and SpaceIL,” said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. “Innovative partnerships like this are going to be essential as we go forward to the Moon and create new opportunities there.”
SpaceIL competed in the Google Lunar X Prize, and continues to work toward landing the first Israeli spacecraft on the Moon. Together, NASA and SpaceIL will collaborate on analyzing the scientific data returned from the mission.
The agreement exemplifies the innovative approach that NASA and its international partners are taking to team up with commercial partners to advance important science and exploration objectives on and around the Moon.
For more information about NASA and agency programs, visit:
https://www.nasa.gov
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Israel Plans Anti-Missile Nano Satellite Constellation
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/10/israel-plans-anti-missile-nano-satellite-constellation/
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Herzliya Science Center (Israel)'s Hoopoe-2 satellite reentered Dec 22 about 0750 UTC south of the Australia/NZ region
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First Israeli lunar spacecraft set to land on moon Feb. 13, 2019, making Israel fourth country to do so
YEHUD, Israel, July 10 – At a historic press conference today at Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)’s MBT Space facility in Yehud, Israel, nonprofit SpaceIL and IAI announced a lunar mission to launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla., this December, and land on the moon on Feb. 13, 2019. A final launch date will be announced closer to the event.
http://www.spaceil.com/news/%D7%99%D7%A9-%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%95-%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%93-%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%92%D7%95%D7%A8-%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%97%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%94/ (http://www.spaceil.com/news/%D7%99%D7%A9-%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%95-%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%93-%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%92%D7%95%D7%A8-%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%97%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%94/)
But also:YEHUD, Dec. 17/2018 – Israeli nonprofit SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) presented today at IAI’s Space Division a time capsule that will travel to the moon — and remain there indefinitely — with the first Israeli spacecraft, which will launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in February, 2019.
http://www.spaceil.com/general/spaceil-iai-to-send-time-capsule-on-israels-historic-moon-mission/ (http://www.spaceil.com/general/spaceil-iai-to-send-time-capsule-on-israels-historic-moon-mission/)
Anyway:
SpaceIL’s spacecraft will be launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida
http://www.spaceil.com/news/%D7%99%D7%A9-%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%95-%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%93-%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%92%D7%95%D7%A8-%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%97%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%94/ (http://www.spaceil.com/news/%D7%99%D7%A9-%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%95-%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%93-%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%92%D7%95%D7%A8-%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%97%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%94/)
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First selfie on the way to the moon
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Launched:
Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (UTC)
1988.09.19 - Ofeq-1 - Shavit - Palmachim Airbase
1990.04.03 - Ofeq-2 - Shavit - Palmachim Airbase
1995.04.05 - Ofeq-3 (OPSAT-1000) - Shavit-1 - Palmachim Airbase
1998.01.22 - Ofeq-4 (OPSAT-1000) - Shavit-1 - Palmachim Airbase (Failure)
2002.05.28 - Ofeq-5 (OPSAT-2000) - Shavit-1 - Palmachim Airbase - 15:25
2004.09.06 - Ofeq-6 (OPSAT-2000) - Shavit-1 - Palmachim Airbase (Failure)
2007.06.11 - Ofeq-7 (OPSAT-2000) - Shavit-2 - Palmachim Airbase - 23:40
2010.06.22 - Ofeq-9 (OPSAT-2000) - Shavit-2 - Palmachim Airbase - 19:00
2014.04.09 - Ofeq-10 (TECSAR-2) - Shavit-2 - Palmachim Airbase - 19:06
2016.09.13 - Ofeq-11 (OPSAT-3000) - Shavit-2 - Palmachim Airbase - 14:38
Foreign launchers:
1995.03.28 - Techsat-1 (Gurwin) - Start - Plesetsk (Failure) - 09:00:00
1996.05.16 - AMOS-1 - Ariane-44L H10-3 - Kourou ELA-2 (French Guiana) - 01:56
1998.07.10 - Techsat-1B (Gurwin) - Zenit-2 - Baikonur 45/1 (Kazakhstan) - 05:45:00
2000.12.05 - EROS-A (OPSAT-1000) - Start-1 - Svobodny 5 (Russia) - 12:32
2003.12.27 - AMOS-2 - Soyuz-FG/Fregat - Baikonur 31/6 (Kazakhstan) - 21:30:00
2006.04.25 - EROS-B (OPSAT-2000) - Start-1 - Svobodny 5 (Russia) - 16:47:16
2008.01.21 - Ofeq-8 (TECSAR-1) - PSLV-CA - Shriharikota (India) - 03:45:00
2008.04.27 - AMOS-3 - Zenit-3SLB/DM-SLB - Baikonur 45/1 (Kazakhstan) - 05:00
2013.08.31 - AMOS-4 - Zenit-3SLB/DM-SLB - Baikonur 45/1 (Kazakhstan) - 20:05
2014.06.19 - Duchifat 1 - Dnepr - Dombarovskiy LC-370/13 (Russia) - 19:11:17
2016.09.01 - AMOS-6 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40 (USA) (destroyed during static fire preparations)
2017.02.15 - BGUSAT (Ben Gurion University Satellite) and DIDO-2 (Chen Jiayong 1) - PSLV-C37 (XL) - Shriharikota (India) - 03:58
2017.05.18 - Duchifat 2 (Hoopoe , QB50 IL01) - NRCSD#11 - ISS, Kibo - 11:25:00
2017.08.02 - OPTSAT-3000 (SHALOM), Venµs (VENUS) - Vega (VV10) - Kourou ZLV (French Guiana) - 01:58:33
2019.02.22 - Beresheet (Genesis, SpaceIL Sparrow) - Falcon 9-069 (B1048.3) - Canaveral SLC-40 (USA) - 01:45
Scheduled:
Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (UTC)
2019
Foreign launchers:
August - SSMS POC flight: DIDO-3 - Vega (VV16) - Kourou ZLV (French Guiana)
NET December 26, 2018 TBD - SAMSON 1,SAMSON 2, SAMSON 3 - Soyuz-2-1A/Fregat - Vostochniy 1S (Russia) (or PSLV)
TBD - NSLSat 1 - PSLV - Shriharikota (India)
TBD - Duchifat 3 - TBD - TBD
TBD - EROS-C - TBD - TBD
2020
Foreign launchers:
TBD - Space Drone 1, Space Drone 2 - Proton-M/Briz-M - Baikonur (Kazakhstan)
2021
Foreign launchers:
TBD - SHALOM - Vega (TBD) - Kourou ZLV (TBD)
2022
Foreign launchers:
TBD - AMOS 8 - TBD - TBD
Unclear
Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (UTC)
TBD - Ofeq-12 - Shavit-2 (TBD) - Palmachim Airbase
Foreign launchers:
NET 2022 - Beresheet-2 - TBD - TBD
TBD - DIDO-1 - TBD - TBD
Changes on April 14th
Changes on April 17th
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https://space.skyrocket.de/directories/sat_c_israel.htm
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https://www.peacelink.it/disarmo/a/46359.html
31 marzo 2019
Rossana De Simone
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La Missione SHALOM sarŕ operativa nel 2021 con un singolo satellite e sfrutterŕ le tecnologie iperspettrali nelle bande VNIR / SWIR / PAN per applicazioni scientifiche e commerciali.
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I English:
"The SHALOM mission will be operational in 2021 with a single satellite and exploit the hyperspectral technologies in the VNIR/SWIR/PAN bands for scientific and commercial applications."
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http://www.ansa.it/canale_scienza_tecnica/notizie/spazio_astronomia/2019/07/03/dal-2022-in-orbita-il-satellite-dalla-super-vista-_f9d7f3ff-f3f0-4764-91bb-bf3fcbc2df16.html
Google translate:
The super-view satellite has been in orbit since 2022
It's called Shalom, the result of an agreement between Italy and Israel
03 July 2019 09:20
Agreement between Italy and Israel to send in orbit in 2022, with the Italian launcher Vega, the satellite Shalom, whose name means 'peace' in Hebrew, equipped with a super-view to observe the Earth as has never been done so far.
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https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1279989557065330692
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https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/virgin-orbit-and-israels-imagesat-international-partner-to-provide-responsive-earth-observation/
ISI currently operates the EROS VVHR (very, very high resolution) remote sensing constellation of satellites, which primarily enables global intelligence and national security applications. ISI is also developing new families of high-resolution Earth observation satellites — Knight, Runner, and Sprinter — which would be supported by ClearSky, its multi-satellite ground control segment.
By leveraging LauncherOne’s unique mobility alongside ISI’s data analytics solutions, the two companies can fulfill high-resolution, high-revisit requirements on short notice. This bundled service can be easily procured as turnkey solution for allied government customers.
ISI CEO Noam Segal said, “This alliance with Virgin Orbit enables us to offer our customers revolutionary operational capabilities. The ability to get our high-resolution satellites launched upon demand is a game-changing operational capability. Now, Earth observation satellites could be deployed to enhance intelligence gathering capacity in times of need, or to compensate for a loss or malfunction of an in-orbit satellite. Virgin Orbit’s ability to responsively deploy our satellites to any inclination in Low Earth Orbit and to low altitudes sets unique working points that were unavailable until now.
“Combined with our EROS Next Generation constellation, we empower our customers by providing unique space-based surveillance capabilities.”
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http://www.earth-observation-business.com/en/imagesat
Overview
Intelligence organizations are facing complex challenges, hostile and inaccessible arenas and evasive enemy activity.
ISI has developed an innovative, operational solution, based on two decades of operational experience.
Persistent surveillance is achieved by the synergetic operation of EROS™, EROS-NG™, RUNNER™ and KNIGHT™ multi-sensor satellite constellation, managed by ISI's ClearSky™ automated ground segment.
Imagery is being immediately processed and analyzed by ClearSky Analytics™, an intricate network of proprietary AI algorithms which are modeling both the behavior of observed entities and the operational intelligence analysis process This integrated innovative solution revolutionizes the intelligence collection, research and analysis processes and enables our customers to achieve dominant space-based situational awareness.
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Launched:
Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (UTC)
1988.09.19 - Ofeq-1 - Shavit - Palmachim Airbase
1990.04.03 - Ofeq-2 - Shavit - Palmachim Airbase
1995.04.05 - Ofeq-3 (OPSAT-1000) - Shavit-1 - Palmachim Airbase
1998.01.22 - Ofeq-4 (OPSAT-1000) - Shavit-1 - Palmachim Airbase (Failure)
2002.05.28 - Ofeq-5 (OPSAT-2000) - Shavit-1 - Palmachim Airbase - 15:25
2004.09.06 - Ofeq-6 (OPSAT-2000) - Shavit-1 - Palmachim Airbase (Failure)
2007.06.11 - Ofeq-7 (OPSAT-2000) - Shavit-2 - Palmachim Airbase - 23:40
2010.06.22 - Ofeq-9 (OPSAT-2000) - Shavit-2 - Palmachim Airbase - 19:00
2014.04.09 - Ofeq-10 (TECSAR-2) - Shavit-2 - Palmachim Airbase - 19:06
2016.09.13 - Ofeq-11 (OPSAT-3000) - Shavit-2 - Palmachim Airbase - 14:38
2020.07.06 - Ofeq-16 - Shavit-2 - Palmachim Airbase - 01:00
Foreign launchers:
1995.03.28 - Techsat-1 (Gurwin) - Start - Plesetsk (Failure) - 09:00:00
1996.05.16 - AMOS-1 - Ariane-44L H10-3 - Kourou ELA-2 (French Guiana) - 01:56
1998.07.10 - Techsat-1B (Gurwin) - Zenit-2 - Baikonur 45/1 (Kazakhstan) - 05:45:00
2000.12.05 - EROS-A (OPSAT-1000) - Start-1 - Svobodny 5 (Russia) - 12:32
2003.12.27 - AMOS-2 - Soyuz-FG/Fregat - Baikonur 31/6 (Kazakhstan) - 21:30:00
2006.04.25 - EROS-B (OPSAT-2000) - Start-1 - Svobodny 5 (Russia) - 16:47:16
2008.01.21 - Ofeq-8 (TECSAR-1) - PSLV-C10 (CA) - Shriharikota (India) - 03:45:00
2008.04.27 - AMOS-3 - Zenit-3SLB/DM-SLB - Baikonur 45/1 (Kazakhstan) - 05:00
2013.08.31 - AMOS-4 - Zenit-3SLB/DM-SLB - Baikonur 45/1 (Kazakhstan) - 20:05
2014.06.19 - Duchifat 1 - Dnepr - Dombarovskiy LC-370/13 (Russia) - 19:11:17
2016.09.01 - AMOS-6 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40 (USA) (destroyed during static fire preparations)
2017.02.15 - BGUSAT (Ben Gurion University Satellite) and DIDO-2 (Chen Jiayong 1) - PSLV-C37 (XL) - Shriharikota (India) - 03:58
2017.05.18 - Duchifat 2 (Hoopoe, QB50 IL01) - NRCSD#11 - ISS, Kibo - 11:25:00
2017.08.02 - OPTSAT-3000, Venµs (VENUS) - Vega (VV10) - Kourou ZLV (French Guiana) - 01:58:33
2019.02.22 - Beresheet (Genesis, SpaceIL Sparrow) - Falcon 9-069 (B1048.3) - Canaveral SLC-40 (USA) - 01:45
2019.07.05 - NSLSat 1 - Soyuz-2-1B/Fregat - Vostochniy 1S (Russiaя) - 05:41:45.962
2019.12.11 - Duchifat-3, NANOVA (Tyvak 0092) - PSLV-QL (С48) - Shriharikota FLP (India) - 09:55:00
2020.09.03 - SSMS POC flight: DIDO-3 - Vega (VV16) - Kourou ZLV (French Guiana) - 01:51:10
Scheduled:
Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (UTC)
2020
Foreign launchers:
2019 TBD - EROS-C - TBD - TBD
2021
Foreign launchers:
2019 2020 NET January 14 - Transporter 1: SAMSON 1, SAMSON 2, SAMSON 3 - Soyuz-2-1A/Fregat Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40 / Kennedy LC-39A Vostochniy 1S (Russia) (or PSLV)
2020 TBD - NSLSat 2 - TBD - TBD
2020 TBD - Space Drone 1, Space Drone 2 - Proton-M/Briz-M - Baikonur (Kazakhstan)
2022
Foreign launchers:
TBD - AMOS 8 - TBD - TBD
2021 TBD - SHALOM (Spaceborne Hyperspectral Applicative Land and Ocean Mission) - Vega (TBD) - Kourou ZLV (TBD)
2024
Foreign launchers:
NET 2022 H1 - Beresheet-2 (orbiter + two lander) - TBD - TBD
TBD - Dror 1 - TBD - TBD
Unclear
Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (UTC)
TBD - Ofeq-12 - Shavit-2 (TBD) - Palmachim Airbase
Foreign launchers:
TBD - DIDO-1 - TBD - TBD
TBD - RUNNER™ - Launcherone - Boeing 747 "Cosmic Girl"
TBD - KNIGHT™ - Launcherone - Boeing 747 "Cosmic Girl"
TBD - SPRINTER™ - Launcherone - Boeing 747 "Cosmic Girl"
TBD - EROS-NG™ - TBD - TBD
Changes on January 11th
Changes on July 6th
Changes on December 10th
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https://twitter.com/TeamSpaceIL/status/1336656554502868992
https://twitter.com/inbarspace/status/1336639375376060423
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First israeli university nanosat designed and built w/o Israel Aerospace Industries participation launched inside Cygnus spacecraft and then will be launched to space from ISS
Here details:
https://english.m.tau.ac.il/news/tau-sat-1 (https://english.m.tau.ac.il/news/tau-sat-1)
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http://gklaunch.ru/en/news/38-satellites-from-18-countries-wiil-be-delivered-into-orbit-from-baikonur-cosmodrome-on-march-20/
3 ADELIS-SAMSON (1, 2, 3) Spacecraft, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, are designed for demonstration of long-term autonomous cluster flight of multiple satellites and geolocation of the position of a terrestrial transmitter.
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Launched:
Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (UTC)
1988.09.19 - Ofeq-1 - Shavit - Palmachim Airbase
1990.04.03 - Ofeq-2 - Shavit - Palmachim Airbase
1995.04.05 - Ofeq-3 (OPSAT-1000) - Shavit-1 - Palmachim Airbase
1998.01.22 - Ofeq-4 (OPSAT-1000) - Shavit-1 - Palmachim Airbase (Failure)
2002.05.28 - Ofeq-5 (OPSAT-2000) - Shavit-1 - Palmachim Airbase - 15:25
2004.09.06 - Ofeq-6 (OPSAT-2000) - Shavit-1 - Palmachim Airbase (Failure)
2007.06.11 - Ofeq-7 (OPSAT-2000) - Shavit-2 - Palmachim Airbase - 23:40
2010.06.22 - Ofeq-9 (OPSAT-2000) - Shavit-2 - Palmachim Airbase - 19:00
2014.04.09 - Ofeq-10 (TECSAR-2) - Shavit-2 - Palmachim Airbase - 19:06
2016.09.13 - Ofeq-11 (OPSAT-3000) - Shavit-2 - Palmachim Airbase - 14:38
2020.07.06 - Ofeq-16 - Shavit-2 - Palmachim Airbase - 01:00
Foreign launchers:
1995.03.28 - Techsat-1 (Gurwin) - Start - Plesetsk (Failure) - 09:00:00
1996.05.16 - AMOS-1 - Ariane-44L H10-3 - Kourou ELA-2 (French Guiana) - 01:56
1998.07.10 - Techsat-1B (Gurwin) - Zenit-2 - Baikonur 45/1 (Russia, Kazakhstan) - 05:45:00
2000.12.05 - EROS-A (OPSAT-1000) - Start-1 - Svobodny 5 (Russia) - 12:32
2003.12.27 - AMOS-2 - Soyuz-FG/Fregat - Baikonur 31/6 (Russia, Kazakhstan) - 21:30:00
2006.04.25 - EROS-B (OPSAT-2000) - Start-1 - Svobodny 5 (Russia) - 16:47:16
2008.01.21 - Ofeq-8 (TECSAR-1) - PSLV-C10 (CA) - Shriharikota (India) - 03:45:00
2008.04.27 - AMOS-3 - Zenit-3SLB/DM-SLB - Baikonur 45/1 (Russia, Kazakhstan) - 05:00
2013.08.31 - AMOS-4 - Zenit-3SLB/DM-SLB - Baikonur 45/1 (Russia, Kazakhstan) - 20:05
2014.06.19 - Duchifat 1 - Dnepr - Dombarovskiy LC-370/13 (Russia) - 19:11:17
2016.09.01 - AMOS-6 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40 (USA) (destroyed during static fire preparations)
2017.02.15 - BGUSAT (Ben Gurion University Satellite) and DIDO-2 (Chen Jiayong 1) - PSLV-C37 (XL) - Shriharikota (India) - 03:58
2017.05.18 - Duchifat 2 (Hoopoe, QB50 IL01) - NRCSD#11 - ISS, Kibo - 11:25:00
2017.08.02 - OPTSAT-3000, Venµs (VENUS) - Vega (VV10) - Kourou ZLV (French Guiana) - 01:58:33
2019.02.22 - Beresheet (Genesis, SpaceIL Sparrow) - Falcon 9-069 (B1048.3) - Canaveral SLC-40 (USA) - 01:45
2019.07.05 - NSLSat 1 - Soyuz-2-1B/Fregat - Vostochniy 1S (Russia) - 05:41:45.962
2019.12.11 - Duchifat-3, NANOVA (Tyvak 0092) - PSLV-QL (С48) - Shriharikota FLP (India) - 09:55:00
2020.09.03 - SSMS POC flight: DIDO-3 - Vega (VV16) - Kourou ZLV (French Guiana) - 01:51:10
Scheduled:
Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (UTC)
2021
Foreign launchers:
NET January 14 - Transporter 1: SAMSON 1, SAMSON 2, SAMSON 3 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40 / Kennedy LC-39A
March 14 - TAUSAT-1 - J-SSOD#14 - ISS, Kibo - 12:35-13:30
March 20 - ADELIS-SAMSON 1, ADELIS-SAMSON 2, ADELIS-SAMSON 3 - Soyuz-2-1A/Fregat - Baikonur 31/6 (Russia, Kazakhstan) - 06:07
TBD - NSLSat 2 - TBD - TBD
TBD - Space Drone 1, Space Drone 2 - Proton-M/Briz-M - Baikonur (Russia, Kazakhstan)
2022
Foreign launchers:
TBD - AMOS 8 - TBD - TBD
TBD - SHALOM (Spaceborne Hyperspectral Applicative Land and Ocean Mission) - Vega (TBD) - Kourou ZLV (French Guiana)
2024
Foreign launchers:
H1 - Beresheet-2 (orbiter + two lander) - TBD - TBD
TBD - Dror 1 - TBD - TBD
Unclear
Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (UTC)
Foreign launchers:
TBD - DIDO-1 - TBD - TBD
TBD - RUNNER™ - Launcherone - Boeing 747 "Cosmic Girl" (USA)
TBD - KNIGHT™ - Launcherone - Boeing 747 "Cosmic Girl" (USA)
TBD - SPRINTER™ - Launcherone - Boeing 747 "Cosmic Girl" (USA)
TBD - EROS-NG™ - TBD - TBD
Statistics:
Launches - 11
Satellites - 11
Changes on March 13th
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Launched:
Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (UTC)
1988.09.19 - Ofeq-1 - Shavit - Palmachim Airbase
1990.04.03 - Ofeq-2 - Shavit - Palmachim Airbase
1995.04.05 - Ofeq-3 (OPSAT-1000) - Shavit-1 - Palmachim Airbase
1998.01.22 - Ofeq-4 (OPSAT-1000) - Shavit-1 - Palmachim Airbase (Failure)
2002.05.28 - Ofeq-5 (OPSAT-2000) - Shavit-1 - Palmachim Airbase - 15:25
2004.09.06 - Ofeq-6 (OPSAT-2000) - Shavit-1 - Palmachim Airbase (Failure)
2007.06.11 - Ofeq-7 (OPSAT-2000) - Shavit-2 - Palmachim Airbase - 23:40
2010.06.22 - Ofeq-9 (OPSAT-2000) - Shavit-2 - Palmachim Airbase - 19:00
2014.04.09 - Ofeq-10 (TECSAR-2) - Shavit-2 - Palmachim Airbase - 19:06
2016.09.13 - Ofeq-11 (OPSAT-3000) - Shavit-2 - Palmachim Airbase - 14:38
2020.07.06 - Ofeq-16 - Shavit-2 - Palmachim Airbase - 01:00
2023.03.28 - Ofeq-13 - Shavit-2 - Palmachim Airbase - 23:10
Foreign launchers:
1995.03.28 - Techsat-1 (Gurwin) - Start - Plesetsk (Russia) - 09:00:00 (Failure)
1996.05.16 - AMOS-1 - Ariane-44L H10-3 - Kourou ELA-2 (French Guiana) - 01:56
1998.07.10 - Techsat-1B (Gurwin) - Zenit-2 - Baikonur 45/1 (Kazakhstan) - 05:45:00
2000.12.05 - EROS-A (OPSAT-1000) - Start-1 - Svobodny 5 (Russia) - 12:32
2003.12.27 - AMOS-2 - Soyuz-FG/Fregat - Baikonur 31/6 ((Russia, Kazakhstan)) - 21:30:00
2006.04.25 - EROS-B (OPSAT-2000) - Start-1 - Svobodny 5 (Russia) - 16:47:16
2008.01.21 - Ofeq-8 (TECSAR-1) - PSLV-CA (C10) - Shriharikota (India) - 03:45:00
2008.04.27 - AMOS-3 - Zenit-3SLB/DM-SLB - Baikonur 45/1 ((Russia, Kazakhstan)) - 05:00
2013.08.31 - AMOS-4 - Zenit-3SLB/DM-SLB - Baikonur 45/1 ((Russia, Kazakhstan)) - 20:05
2014.06.19 - Duchifat 1 - Dnepr - Dombarovskiy LC-370/13 (Russia) - 19:11:17
2016.09.01 - AMOS-6 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40 (USA) (destroyed during static fire preparations)
2017.02.15 - BGUSAT (Ben Gurion University Satellite) and DIDO-2 (Chen Jiayong 1) - PSLV-C37 (XL) - Shriharikota (India) - 03:58
2017.05.18 - Duchifat 2 (Hoopoe, QB50 IL01) - NRCSD#11 - ISS, Kibo - 11:25:00
2017.08.02 - OPTSAT-3000, Venµs (VENUS) - Vega (VV10) - Kourou ZLV (French Guiana) - 01:58:33
2019.02.22 - Beresheet (Genesis, SpaceIL Sparrow) - Falcon 9-069 (B1048.3) - Canaveral SLC-40 (USA) - 01:45
2019.07.05 - NSLSat 1 - Soyuz-2-1B/Fregat - Vostochniy 1S (Russia) - 05:41:45.962
2019.12.11 - Duchifat-3, NANOVA (Tyvak 0092) - PSLV-QL (С48) - Shriharikota FLP (India) - 09:55:00
2020.09.03 - SSMS POC flight: DIDO-3 - Vega (VV16) - Kourou ZLV (French Guiana) - 01:51:10
2021.03.14 - TAU-Sat-1 - J-SSOD#16 - ISS, Kibo - 14:30
2021.03.22 - ADELIS-SAMSON 1, ADELIS-SAMSON 2, ADELIS-SAMSON 3 - Soyuz-2-1A/Fregat - Baikonur 31/6 (Russia) - 06:07:12.770
2022.12.30 - EROS C-3 #1 - Falcon 9-194 (B1061.11 LZ-4) - Vandenberg SLC-4E (USA) - 07:38
2023.01.03 - Transporter-6: NSLSat 2, Tausat-2 - Falcon 9-195 (B1060.15 LZ-1) - Canaveral SLC-40 - 14:56:00.158
2023.07.30 - DS-SAR (Israel, Singapour) - PSLV-CA C56 - Shriharikota FLP (India) - 01:01:00
Scheduled:
Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (UTC)
2025
Foreign launchers:
2022 TBD - SHALOM (Spaceborne Hyperspectral Applicative Land and Ocean Mission) - Vega C - Kourou ZLV (French Guiana)
H1 2024 TBD 2026 - Beresheet-2 (orbiter + two lander) - TBD - TBD
2026
Foreign launchers:
Q1 - Ultrasat - TBD - Canaveral
TBD - EROS C-3 #2 - TBD - TBD
Unclear
Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (UTC)
Foreign launchers:
2022 TBD - AMOS 8 - TBD - TBD
2024 TBD - Dror 1 - TBD - TBD
TBD - DIDO-1 - TBD - TBD
TBD - RUNNER™ - Launcherone - Boeing 747 "Cosmic Girl" (USA)
TBD - KNIGHT™ - Launcherone - Boeing 747 "Cosmic Girl" (USA)
TBD - SPRINTER™ - Launcherone - Boeing 747 "Cosmic Girl" (USA)
TBD - EROS-NG™ - TBD - TBD
Statistics:
Launches - 12
Satellites - 12
Changes on December 30th
Changes on December 31st
Changes on January 12th
Changes on January 17th
Changes on January 23rd
Changes on March 29th
Changes on July 31st
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https://www.israel21c.org/israels-next-lunar-landings-planned-for-2025/
Israeli space development organization SpaceIL plans a double landing on the Moon in 2025, aiming to continue in orbit for five years as a platform for science education activities.
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https://twitter.com/D_Orbit/status/1614976770293235713
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https://spacenews.com/nasa-to-cooperate-on-israeli-astrophysics-mission/
WASHINGTON — The United States and Israel are finalizing an agreement that would see NASA contribute to an upcoming Israeli astrophysics mission.
The focus of the agreement, which could be signed as soon as later this month, involves a mission called Ultrasat under development by Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science with support from the Israel Space Agency and German research center DESY.
As part of the agreement, NASA would provide the launch of Ultrasat, which will operate in geostationary orbit. NASA will likely arrange to fly Ultrasat as a secondary payload on a commercial GEO launch, said James Rhoads, NASA project scientist for Ultrasat, during a session of the 241st Meeting of the American Astronomical Society Jan. 11.
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Ultrasat has a three-year prime mission, but Waxman said it will carry enough propellant to operate for six. He said development of the spacecraft is on schedule for a launch in the first quarter of 2026.
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https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-launches-new-ofek-13-spy-satellite-into-orbit/
Israel launches new Ofek-13 spy satellite into orbit
Reconnaissance asset developed with Israel Aerospace Industries will provide military with better quality images than its predecessors
By Emanuel Fabian Today, 4:38 am
Israel successfully launched the “Ofek-13” spy satellite into space early Wednesday morning, the Defense Ministry said.
The satellite, the latest in a line of Israeli observation assets in space, will provide the military with better-quality images than its predecessors.
“The ‘Ofek-13’ satellite is a [synthetic-aperture radar] observation satellite with advanced capabilities,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement after the launch.
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant hailed the launch of the Ofek-13 “yet another important example of the Israeli defense establishment’s groundbreaking innovation.”
“Israel has already proved its diverse space capabilities many times and is one of very few countries to possess such capabilities, capabilities that we continue to develop and strengthen,” Gallant added.
A second statement from the ministry a few hours after the launch said the satellite “successfully entered orbit, has begun transmitting data, and completed an initial series of inspections in accordance with original launch plans.”
The ministry said engineers would “continue pre-planned inspections before it begins full operational activity in the near future.”
A Shavit launch vehicle shot the satellite into space from the Palmachim Airbase and spaceport at 2:10 a.m. on Wednesday morning.
Residents of the area around the launch reported hearing the satellite blast off into space.
The satellite’s development and production were led by the Defense Ministry’s Space and Satellite Administration, with development involving various IDF bodies, including the visual intelligence Unit 9900 and the air force.
Israel Aerospace Industries was the main contractor involved in the project. Israel’s state-owned Rafael and Tomer defense firms produced the launch engines.
Israel launched its first satellite, Ofek-1, into space in 1988. It was not until seven years later, in 1995, that Israel launched a reconnaissance satellite into space capable of photographing the Earth.
The Ofek-16 was launched into space in July 2020, and won Israel’s top security prize last year.
The satellites are operated by the IDF’s Military Intelligence Directorate. The Ofek-13 would be handed over to Unit 9900 once deemed fully operational.
“Initial indications from the satellite are very good. Within the coming weeks, we will complete technical tests and receive the first pictures before delivering the satellite for operational use by the IDF,” said Avi Berger, the head of the ministry’s space unit.
Israel is one of a small number of countries in the world that operate reconnaissance satellites, giving it advanced intelligence-gathering capabilities. As of 2020, that cadre included Iran, which successfully launched a spy satellite into orbit after years of failed attempts.
Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
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The update has wrong year, should be 2023.
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https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-753035
IAI successfully launches satellite enabling all-weather, night coverage
The satellite is already performing its own initial checks to make sure it is functioning properly and simultaneously sending initial images.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB
Published: JULY 30, 2023 12:11
Updated: JULY 30, 2023 18:31
Israel Aerospace Industries launched the DS-SAR satellite at 4 a.m. on Sunday, which successfully entered orbit and now enables 24-7 all-weather coverage.
Launched using a PSLV C56 launcher from India, the satellite carries a Synthetic Aperture Radar payload and is based on IAI’s success with the Ofek and TECSAR satellites.
There are customers in Singapore, DSTA, ST Engineering, and others who will receive data from the satellite.
India’s Space Research Organization said that ST Engineering will use it for multi-modal and higher responsiveness imagery, and geospatial services, for their commercial customers.
Furthermore, India said that the satellite weighed 360 kg. and entered into a Near-equatorial Orbit (NEO) at 5 degrees inclination and an altitude of 535 km.
PSLV is a four-stage rocket, with its first and third stages working on solid propulsion and its second and fourths working on liquid hypergolic fuel.
Several other satellites were also carried into space by the PSLV vehicle.
The IAI satellite is already performing its own initial checks to make sure it is functioning properly, and simultaneously sending images.
In March, a new Israeli spy satellite, Ofek 13, was successfully launched into space.
While Ofek 13 is tailored for military use, the DS-SAR satellite is customized for commercial use, including by foreign customers.
The vast majority of the technology remained the same, though there are likely various changes to prevent classified Israeli capabilities from being compromised.
That launch was carried out using a Shavit 2 satellite launcher from an open space in the center of the country.
Ofek 13 is an advanced observation satellite, the Defense Ministry explained, adding that once it enters the orbit, “it will undergo a series of tests to ensure its propriety and performance levels.
“The launch was successful, according to the plan. The first indications from the satellite are also excellent. In the coming weeks, we will complete the technical tests and receive the first images,” the ministry added.
The development and production of the Ofek 13 satellite was led by the Defense Ministry through the IDF Space Directorate. Several other IDF units have been involved in the process, including Intelligence Division Unit 9900 and the Israel Air Force.
Head of the Defense Ministry Space Directorate Avi Berger explained in March that “Ofek 13 is a radar-based observation satellite with the most advanced capabilities of its kind in the world, all of which are the result of Israeli development.
“The launch was successful, according to the plan. The first indications from the satellite are also excellent,” he continued, providing updates from the launch itself.
“In the coming weeks, we will complete the technical tests and receive the first images, in preparation for the transfer of the satellite for operational use in the IDF.”
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Launched:
Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (UTC)
1988.09.19 - Ofeq-1 - Shavit - Palmachim Airbase
1990.04.03 - Ofeq-2 - Shavit - Palmachim Airbase
1995.04.05 - Ofeq-3 (OPSAT-1000) - Shavit-1 - Palmachim Airbase
1998.01.22 - Ofeq-4 (OPSAT-1000) - Shavit-1 - Palmachim Airbase (Failure)
2002.05.28 - Ofeq-5 (OPSAT-2000) - Shavit-1 - Palmachim Airbase - 15:25
2004.09.06 - Ofeq-6 (OPSAT-2000) - Shavit-1 - Palmachim Airbase (Failure)
2007.06.11 - Ofeq-7 (OPSAT-2000) - Shavit-2 - Palmachim Airbase - 23:40
2010.06.22 - Ofeq-9 (OPSAT-2000) - Shavit-2 - Palmachim Airbase - 19:00
2014.04.09 - Ofeq-10 (TECSAR-2) - Shavit-2 - Palmachim Airbase - 19:06
2016.09.13 - Ofeq-11 (OPSAT-3000) - Shavit-2 - Palmachim Airbase - 14:38
2020.07.06 - Ofeq-16 - Shavit-2 - Palmachim Airbase - 01:00
2023.03.28 - Ofeq-13 - Shavit-2 - Palmachim Airbase - 23:10
Foreign launchers:
1995.03.28 - Techsat-1 (Gurwin) - Start - Plesetsk (Russia) - 09:00:00 (Failure)
1996.05.16 - AMOS-1 - Ariane-44L H10-3 - Kourou ELA-2 (French Guiana) - 01:56
1998.07.10 - Techsat-1B (Gurwin) - Zenit-2 - Baikonur 45/1 (Kazakhstan) - 05:45:00
2000.12.05 - EROS-A (OPSAT-1000) - Start-1 - Svobodny 5 (Russia) - 12:32
2003.12.27 - AMOS-2 - Soyuz-FG/Fregat - Baikonur 31/6 ((Russia, Kazakhstan)) - 21:30:00
2006.04.25 - EROS-B (OPSAT-2000) - Start-1 - Svobodny 5 (Russia) - 16:47:16
2008.01.21 - Ofeq-8 (TECSAR-1) - PSLV-CA (C10) - Shriharikota (India) - 03:45:00
2008.04.27 - AMOS-3 - Zenit-3SLB/DM-SLB - Baikonur 45/1 ((Russia, Kazakhstan)) - 05:00
2013.08.31 - AMOS-4 - Zenit-3SLB/DM-SLB - Baikonur 45/1 ((Russia, Kazakhstan)) - 20:05
2014.06.19 - Duchifat 1 - Dnepr - Dombarovskiy LC-370/13 (Russia) - 19:11:17
2016.09.01 - AMOS-6 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40 (USA) (destroyed during static fire preparations)
2017.02.15 - BGUSAT (Ben Gurion University Satellite) and DIDO-2 (Chen Jiayong 1) - PSLV-C37 (XL) - Shriharikota (India) - 03:58
2017.05.18 - Duchifat 2 (Hoopoe, QB50 IL01) - NRCSD#11 - ISS, Kibo - 11:25:00
2017.08.02 - OPTSAT-3000, Venµs (VENUS) - Vega (VV10) - Kourou ZLV (French Guiana) - 01:58:33
2019.02.22 - Beresheet (Genesis, SpaceIL Sparrow) - Falcon 9-069 (B1048.3) - Canaveral SLC-40 (USA) - 01:45
2019.07.05 - NSLSat 1 - Soyuz-2-1B/Fregat - Vostochniy 1S (Russia) - 05:41:45.962
2019.12.11 - Duchifat-3, NANOVA (Tyvak 0092) - PSLV-QL (С48) - Shriharikota FLP (India) - 09:55:00
2020.09.03 - SSMS POC flight: DIDO-3 - Vega (VV16) - Kourou ZLV (French Guiana) - 01:51:10
2021.03.14 - TAU-Sat-1 - J-SSOD#16 - ISS, Kibo - 14:30
2021.03.22 - ADELIS-SAMSON 1, ADELIS-SAMSON 2, ADELIS-SAMSON 3 - Soyuz-2-1A/Fregat - Baikonur 31/6 (Russia) - 06:07:12.770
2022.12.30 - EROS C-3 #1 - Falcon 9-194 (B1061.11 LZ-4) - Vandenberg SLC-4E (USA) - 07:38
2023.01.03 - Transporter-6: NSLSat 2, Tausat-2 - Falcon 9-195 (B1060.15 LZ-1) - Canaveral SLC-40 - 14:56:00.158
2023.07.30 - DS-SAR (Israel, Singapour) - PSLV-CA C56 - Shriharikota FLP (India) - 01:01:00
Scheduled:
Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (UTC)
2025
Foreign launchers:
TBD - SHALOM (Spaceborne Hyperspectral Applicative Land and Ocean Mission) - Vega C - Kourou ZLV (French Guiana)
TBD 2026 - Beresheet-2 (orbiter + two lander) - TBD - TBD
2026
Foreign launchers:
Q1 - Ultrasat - TBD - Canaveral
TBD - EROS C-3 #2 - TBD - TBD
Unclear
Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (UTC)
Foreign launchers:
TBD - AMOS 8 - TBD - TBD
TBD - Dror 1 - TBD - TBD
TBD - RUNNER™ - Launcherone - Boeing 747 "Cosmic Girl" (USA)
TBD - KNIGHT™ - Launcherone - Boeing 747 "Cosmic Girl" (USA)
TBD - SPRINTER™ - Launcherone - Boeing 747 "Cosmic Girl" (USA)
TBD - EROS-NG™ - TBD - TBD
Statistics:
Launches - 12
Satellites - 12
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TBD - RUNNER™ - Launcherone - Boeing 747 "Cosmic Girl" (USA)
TBD - KNIGHT™ - Launcherone - Boeing 747 "Cosmic Girl" (USA)
TBD - SPRINTER™ - Launcherone - Boeing 747 "Cosmic Girl" (USA)
For these three the launch vehicle should also be TBD, as LauncherOne is definitely out of business and won't return.
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TBD - RUNNER™ - Launcherone - Boeing 747 "Cosmic Girl" (USA)
TBD - KNIGHT™ - Launcherone - Boeing 747 "Cosmic Girl" (USA)
TBD - SPRINTER™ - Launcherone - Boeing 747 "Cosmic Girl" (USA)
For these three the launch vehicle should also be TBD, as LauncherOne is definitely out of business and won't return.
Runner was launched on Transporter 8 : https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/runner-1.htm ;)
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TBD - RUNNER™ - Launcherone - Boeing 747 "Cosmic Girl" (USA)
TBD - KNIGHT™ - Launcherone - Boeing 747 "Cosmic Girl" (USA)
TBD - SPRINTER™ - Launcherone - Boeing 747 "Cosmic Girl" (USA)
For these three the launch vehicle should also be TBD, as LauncherOne is definitely out of business and won't return.
Runner was launched on Transporter 8 : https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/runner-1.htm ;)
ISI intends to launch multiple Runner satellites for different customers.