LAUNCH CENTER

Failure

Thu Jan 22 1998

Israeli Space Agency

Ofeq-4

Launch Failure

Launch Time

(12:56 PM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(12:56 PM UTC)

Launch Window End

(12:56 PM UTC)

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Shavit-2

N/A

Type: Government/Top Secret
Intended for surveillance of Israel's neighbours, the Ofeq series is unusual in having a retrograde orbit. This is due to the geographical location of Israel, which gives only an unobstructed launch path over the mediterranean sea. It is similar to the EROS-A civilian Earth observation satellite. Ofeq 4 (which was possibly the prototype EROS-A satellite) was lost in an launch failure in early 1998.

Location

Palmachim Airbase, State of Israel

Pad

Unknown Pad