Ofek-7

Ofek-7
Spacecraft properties

Mission type	Optical reconnaissance
Operator	Israeli Ministry of Defence
COSPAR ID	2007-025A
SATCAT №	31601
Mission duration	5 years planned^[1]

Bus	OPSAT-2000^[2]
Manufacturer	IAI
Launch mass	300 kilograms (660 lb)

Start of mission
Launch date	10 June 2007, 23:40 (2007-06-10UTC23:40Z) UTC^[3]
Rocket	Shavit-2
Launch site	Palmachim
Contractor	Israel Space Agency

Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth (Retrograde)
Perigee	454 kilometers (282 mi)
Apogee	560 kilometers (350 mi)
Inclination	141.71 degrees
Period	94.62 minutes
Epoch	24 April 2013, 20:20:50 UTC^[4]

Ofek-7, also known as Ofeq 7, is part of the Ofeq family of earth observation satellites designed and built by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) for the Israel Ministry of Defense.

ofeq 7 launch through shavit space launch vehicle

The Ofek 7 was launched by a Shavit space launch vehicle on June 11, 2007. Equipped with advanced technology and a series of new enhancements to provide improved imagery, it is placed into an elliptical orbit of 300x600 kilometers. Three days after its launch, IAI/MBT Space Division received the first images taken by the satellite. The Ofek 7 is a follow-on spacecraft to Ofek 5 that was placed into orbit in 2002.

References

↑ "UCS Satellite Database". Union of Concerned Scientists. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
↑ Krebs, Gunter. "Ofeq 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
↑ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
↑ Peat, Chris (24 April 2013). "OFEQ 7 - Orbit". Heavens Above. Retrieved 21 November 2013.

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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