Ofek-10

Ofek-10
Spacecraft properties

Mission type	Radar reconnaissance
Operator	Israeli Ministry of Defence

Manufacturer	IAI

Start of mission
Launch date	9 April 2014 (2014-04-09)
Rocket	Shavit-2
Launch site	Palmachim
Contractor	Israel Space Agency

Ofek-10, also known as Ofeq 10, is part of the Ofeq family of reconnaissance satellites designed and built by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) for the Israeli Ministry of Defense. Ofek-10 is an upgraded variant of Ofek-8, which employs a high-resolution synthetic aperture radar that is capable of observation at night and through clouds.^[1]^[2]

Ofeq-10 was launched on April 9, 2014 from Palmachim Airbase in Israel, four years after Ofek-9 launch. It was delivered using the Shavit launcher.^[3]

Satellite price was $300 million. The satellite weighs 400 kg. Ofeq-10 was launched westward in a retrograde orbit.^[4]

References

↑ Stephen Clark (10 April 2014). "All-weather surveillance satellite put in orbit by Israel". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
↑ "Israel Launches OFEQ 10 Spy Satellite". Defense Update. 9 April 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
↑ "Israel launches new reconnaissance satellite". Retrieved 9 April 2014.
↑ "Israel Launches New Spy Satellite". ABC News. Retrieved 12 April 2014.

Israeli space program

Reconnaissance satellites	Ofeq Ofeq 5 Ofeq 7 TecSAR Ofeq 9 Ofeq 10 Ofeq 11

Earth observation	EROS EROS A EROS B EROS C

Communications satellites	Amos Amos-1 Amos-2 Amos-3 Amos-4 Amos-5 Amos-6 (destroyed)

Research satellites	TechSat-Gurwin Sloshsat-FLEVO

Satellites in development	VENµS TAUVEX OPsat INSAT LIMSAT-UV SHALOM SAMSON Inklajn 1

Launch vehicle	Shavit

Sounding rocket	Shavit 2

Moon exploration	INLSE SpaceIL

Space observatory	Wise Observatory Givatayim Observatory Ilan Ramon youth physics center

Primary spaceports	Palmachim Airbase

People	Yitzhak Ben Yisrael Yuval Ne'eman Moshe Bar-Lev Noah Brosch

Astronauts	Ilan Ramon

Earth reconnaissance satellites (excluding Russia and the United States)

China

IMINT	JSSW FSW-0 FSW-1 FSW-2 FSW-3 JianBing

SIGINT	JSSW-3 SJ-2 DQ-1

France

IMINT	Hélios IA & IB Hélios 2A & 2B Pléiades IA & IB

SIGINT	Cerise Clémentine Essaim Elisa

Germany

Radar IMINT	SAR-Lupe TerraSAR-X TanDEM-X

India

IMINT	Cartosat-1 Cartosat-2 Cartosat-2A Cartosat-2B Cartosat-3

Radar IMINT	RISAT-1 RISAT-2

Israel

IMINT	Ofeq 5 Ofeq 7 Ofeq 9 EROS A EROS B EROS C

Radar IMINT	Ofeq 8 (TecSAR) Ofeq 10 (TecSAR 2) Ofek-11

Italy

Radar IMINT	COSMO-SkyMed

Japan

IMINT	IGS 1A/B IGS 2A/B IGS 3A IGS 4A/B IGS 5A IGS 6A IGS 7A IGS 8A/B

South Korea

IMINT	Arirang-1 Arirang-2 Arirang-3

Turkey

IMINT	Göktürk-1 Göktürk-2

United Kingdom

IMINT	TopSat

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