Shavit
Shavit (. Hebrew for comet ) is the name of an Israeli three-stage solid-driven launcher resulting from the Jericho-2 - medium-range missile was developed. It is part of the space program of the Israel Space Agency .
On September 19, 1988 and April 3, 1990, the first two rockets of this type were successfully launched from Palmachim .
Since Palmachim can only take off in a westerly direction for political reasons, the satellites of the Ofeq series launched with the Shavit are among the few earth satellites that orbit the earth in an east-west direction and not nearly equatorially.
Data
- Manufacturer: Israel Aerospace Industries
- Models:
- Shavit (RSA-3) (1988-1994)
- Takeoff weight: 23.4 t
- Length: 15 m
- Payload: 160 kg LEO (366 km)
- Shavit-1 (1995-2004 (?))
- Takeoff weight: 27 t
- Length: 18 m
- Payload: approx. 225 kg
- Shavit-2 (first launch 2007)
- Takeoff weight: 31.4 t
- Length: 21 m
- Payload: 550 kg
- Shavit-3 (planned?)
- Shavit (RSA-3) (1988-1994)
- 1st stage
- Takeoff weight: 10,215 kg
- Empty weight: 1,100 kg
- Vacuum thrust: 46,500 kgf.
- Burning time: 52 s
- specific impulse (vacuum): 2,600 m / s
- specific impulse (sea level): 2,350 m / s
- Diameter: 1.30 m
- Length 6.30 m
- 2nd stage
- Takeoff weight: 10,971 kg
- Empty weight: 1,771 kg
- Vacuum thrust: 48,600 kgf
- Burning time: 52 s
- specific impulse (vacuum): 2,720 m / s
- specific impulse (sea level): 2,160 m / s
- Diameter: 1.30 m
- Length: 6.40 m
- 3rd stage
- Takeoff weight 2,048 kg
- Empty weight: 170 kg
- Vacuum thrust: 6,000 kgf
- Burning time: 94 s
- specific impulse (vacuum): 2,920 m / s
- Diameter: 1.30 m
- Length: 2.60 m
Start list
This is a full launch list for the Shavit rocket as of July 7, 2020
| Serial No. | Date ( UTC ) | Type | Launch site | payload | Type of payload | Payload in kg (gross 1 ) | Orbit 2 | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 19, 1988 | Shavit | Palmachim | Ofeq 1 | Technology testing satellite | 156 kg | LEO | success |
| 2 | April 3, 1990 | Shavit | Palmachim | Ofeq 2 | Technology testing satellite | 156 kg | LEO | success |
| 3 | September 15, 1994 | Shavit | Palmachim | Ofeq? | Spy satellite | 189 kg | LEO | Failure |
| 4th | April 5, 1995 | Shavit-1 | Palmachim | Ofeq 3 | Spy satellite | 225 kg | LEO | success |
| 5 | January 23, 1998 | Shavit-1 | Palmachim | EROS-A (Ofeq 4) | Spy satellite | 250 kg | LEO | Failure |
| 6th | May 28, 2002 | Shavit-1 | Palmachim | Ofeq 5 | Spy satellite | 300 kg | LEO | success |
| 7th | September 6, 2004 | Shavit-1 | Palmachim | Ofeq 6 | Spy satellite | ? | LEO | Failure ( Level 2 and Level 3 did not separate ) |
| 8th | June 10, 2007 | Shavit-2 | Palmachim | Ofeq 7 | Spy satellite | 300 kg | LEO | success |
| 9 | June 22, 2010 | Shavit-2 | Palmachim | Ofeq 9 | Spy satellite | ? | LEO | success |
| 10 | April 11, 2014 | Shavit-2 | Palmachim | Ofeq 10 | Radar satellite | ? | LEO | success |
| 11 | September 13, 2016 2:38 pm |
Shavit-2 | Palmachim | Ofeq 11 | Reconnaissance satellite | ? | LEO | success |
| 12 | July 6, 2020 1:00 am |
Shavit-2 | Palmachim | Ofeq 16 | Reconnaissance satellite | ? | LEO | success |
1 Gross weight = satellites + adapter, housing etc.
2 Not necessarily the target orbit of the payload, but the path on which the payload from the upper stage is to be deployed.
Web links
- Shavit ( Memento from September 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- Shavit on Gunter's Space Page (English)
- Shavit in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Barbara OPALL-Rome: Israel Studies Airborne Launch Scheme for Shavit rocket. Space News, July 22, 2011, accessed July 27, 2011 .