Palmachim
Site · Israel
Original archive entry. The text, images and links below are kept as they were written.
Credit: © Mark Wade
Israeli Air Force Test Range. Israeli coastal missile test site from which the Shavit satellite launch vehicle is also launched. A due-west launch over the Mediterranean is required to avoid overflying Arab countries, resulting in unique orbital inclinations and directions.
Minimum Inclination: 142.0 degrees. Maximum Inclination: 144.0 degrees.
Subtopics
- Palmachim IAFTR Arrow launch complex. Sea Launch Area, Palmachim Beach
- Palmachim SH Shavit pad, Palmachim Beach
Related
- Family
- Orbital Launch Site
- Country
- Israel
- Launch Vehicles
- Jericho II, Shaviyt, Arrow 1, Shaviyt 1, Arrow 2
- Projects
- Ofeq
- Launch Sites
- Palmdale Omni DZ, Palmachim IAFTR, Palmachim SH
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Palmachim
Location of Palmachim
Credit: © Mark Wade
Chronology
58 events
1987 May 1
Launch Site: Palmachim. LV Family: Jericho. Launch Vehicle: Jericho II.1988 January 1
Launch Site: Palmachim. LV Family: Jericho. Launch Vehicle: Jericho II.1988 September 19
09:32 GMT - . Launch Site: Palmachim. LV Family: Jericho. Launch Vehicle: Shaviyt.- Ofeq-1 - .
Mass: 155 kg (341 lb). Nation: Israel.
Agency: ISA.
Program: Ofeq.
Class: Technology.
Type: Navigation technology satellite. Spacecraft: Ofeq 1-2.
Decay Date: 1989-01-14 . USAF Sat Cat: 19519 . COSPAR: 1988-087A. Apogee: 1,149 km (713 mi). Perigee: 250 km (150 mi). Inclination: 142.90 deg. Period: 98.80 min.
First Israeli launch; possibly experimental surveillance mission. Experimental satellite 'Offeq-1'. Launch time 0934 GMT. Location: site on the coast south of Tel-Aviv. Launching organization: Israel Aircraft Industries, Ltd (IAI) and Israeli Space Agency (ISA). Function: 1) Experimentation in generation of solar power; 2) Experimentation in transmission reception from space; 3) Verification of system's ability to withstand vacuum and weightless conditions; 4) Data collection on space environment conditions and Earth's magnetic field.
1989 September 14
Launch Site: Palmachim. LV Family: Jericho. Launch Vehicle: Jericho II.1990 April 3
12:02 GMT - . Launch Site: Palmachim. LV Family: Jericho. Launch Vehicle: Shaviyt.- Ofeq-2 - . Mass: 160 kg (350 lb). Nation: Israel. Agency: ISA. Program: Ofeq. Class: Technology. Type: Navigation technology satellite. Spacecraft: Ofeq 1-2. Decay Date: 1990-07-09 . USAF Sat Cat: 20540 . COSPAR: 1990-027A. Apogee: 251 km (155 mi). Perigee: 149 km (92 mi). Inclination: 143.20 deg. Period: 88.50 min. Communication experiments. .
1990 August 9
Launch Site: Palmachim. Launch Complex: Palmachim IAFTR. Launch Platform: SHIP-ISR. LV Family: Arrow. Launch Vehicle: Arrow 1. FAILURE: Failure.1991 March 25
Launch Site: Palmachim. Launch Complex: Palmachim IAFTR. Launch Platform: SHIP-ISR. LV Family: Arrow. Launch Vehicle: Arrow 1. FAILURE: Failure.1991 October 30
Launch Site: Palmachim. Launch Complex: Palmachim IAFTR. Launch Platform: SHIP-ISR. LV Family: Arrow. Launch Vehicle: Arrow 1. FAILURE: Failure.1992 September 23
Launch Site: Palmachim. Launch Complex: Palmachim IAFTR. Launch Platform: SHIP-ISR. LV Family: Arrow. Launch Vehicle: Arrow 1.1993 February 28
Launch Site: Palmachim. Launch Complex: Palmachim IAFTR. Launch Platform: SHIP-ISR. LV Family: Arrow. Launch Vehicle: Arrow 1.1993 February 28
Launch Site: Palmachim. Launch Complex: Palmachim IAFTR. Launch Platform: SHIP-ISR. LV Family: Arrow. Launch Vehicle: Arrow 1.1993 July 14
Launch Site: Palmachim. Launch Complex: Palmachim IAFTR. Launch Platform: SHIP-ISR. LV Family: Arrow. Launch Vehicle: Arrow 1.1993 October 14
Launch Site: Palmachim. Launch Complex: Palmachim IAFTR. Launch Platform: SHIP-ISR. LV Family: Arrow. Launch Vehicle: Arrow 1.1993 October 14
Launch Site: Palmachim. Launch Complex: Palmachim IAFTR. Launch Platform: SHIP-ISR. LV Family: Arrow. Launch Vehicle: Arrow 1.1994 March 1
Launch Site: Palmachim. Launch Complex: Palmachim IAFTR. Launch Platform: SHIP-ISR. LV Family: Arrow. Launch Vehicle: Arrow 1.1994 June 12
Launch Site: Palmachim. Launch Complex: Palmachim IAFTR. Launch Platform: SHIP-ISR. LV Family: Arrow. Launch Vehicle: Arrow 1.1994 September 15
Launch Site: Palmachim. LV Family: Jericho. Launch Vehicle: Jericho II. FAILURE: Failure.1995 April 5
11:16 GMT - . Launch Site: Palmachim. LV Family: Jericho. Launch Vehicle: Shaviyt 1.- Ofeq-3 - . Mass: 189 kg (416 lb). Nation: Israel. Agency: ISA. Program: Ofeq. Class: Surveillance. Type: Military surveillance satellite. Spacecraft: Ofeq 3. Decay Date: 2000-10-24 . USAF Sat Cat: 23549 . COSPAR: 1995-018A. Apogee: 694 km (431 mi). Perigee: 366 km (227 mi). Inclination: 143.40 deg. Period: 94.50 min.
1995 July 30
Launch Site: Palmachim. LV Family: Arrow. Launch Vehicle: Arrow 2.1996 February 20
Launch Site: Palmachim. LV Family: Arrow. Launch Vehicle: Arrow 2.1996 August 20
Launch Site: Palmachim. LV Family: Arrow. Launch Vehicle: Arrow 2.1996 August 20
Launch Site: Palmachim. Launch Complex: Palmachim IAFTR. Launch Platform: SHIP-ISR. LV Family: Arrow. Launch Vehicle: Arrow 1.1997 March 11
Launch Site: Palmachim. LV Family: Arrow. Launch Vehicle: Arrow 2.1997 August 19
08:20 GMT - . Launch Site: Palmachim. Launch Complex: Palmachim IAFTR. Launch Platform: SHIP-ISR. LV Family: Arrow. Launch Vehicle: Arrow 1.1997 August 19
08:29 GMT - . Launch Site: Palmachim. LV Family: Arrow. Launch Vehicle: Arrow 2.1998 January 22
12:56 GMT - . Launch Site: Palmachim. LV Family: Jericho. Launch Vehicle: Shaviyt 1. FAILURE: Launch vehicle failed during second stage burn.. Failed Stage: 2.- Ofeq-4 - . Mass: 189 kg (416 lb). Nation: Israel. Agency: ISA. Manufacturer: IAI. Program: Ofeq. Class: Surveillance. Type: Military surveillance satellite. Spacecraft: Ofeq 3. Fell in Mediterranean Sea..
1998 September 14
12:41 GMT - . Launch Site: Palmachim. LV Family: Arrow. Launch Vehicle: Arrow 2.1999 November 1
09:42 GMT - . Launch Site: Palmachim. LV Family: Arrow. Launch Vehicle: Arrow 2.1999 November 1
09:42 GMT - . Launch Site: Palmachim. Launch Complex: Palmachim IAFTR. Launch Platform: SHIP-ISR. LV Family: Arrow. Launch Vehicle: Arrow 1.2000 September 14
Launch Site: Palmachim. LV Family: Arrow. Launch Vehicle: Arrow 2.2000 September 14
09:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Palmachim. Launch Platform: F-15D. Launch Vehicle: Black Sparrow.2001 June 27
Launch Site: Palmachim. LV Family: Jericho. Launch Vehicle: Jericho II.2001 August 27
Launch Site: Palmachim. Launch Platform: F-15D. Launch Vehicle: Black Sparrow.2001 August 27
10:50 GMT - . Launch Site: Palmachim. LV Family: Arrow. Launch Vehicle: Arrow 2.2002 May 28
15:25 GMT - . Launch Site: Palmachim. LV Family: Jericho. Launch Vehicle: Shaviyt 1.- Ofeq-5 - .
Mass: 300 kg (660 lb). Nation: Israel.
Agency: Tsahal.
Manufacturer: IAI.
Program: Ofeq.
Class: Surveillance.
Type: Military surveillance satellite. Spacecraft: Ofeq 5.
USAF Sat Cat: 27434 . COSPAR: 2002-025A. Apogee: 757 km (470 mi). Perigee: 370 km (220 mi). Inclination: 143.50 deg. Period: 95.90 min.
Military Observation satellite. Return to flight of the Shavit booster following a lauanch failure. Launch delayed from third quarter 2001. The three-stage Shavit rocket took off from Palmachim Air Force Base on the Israeli coast and flew westward to put the satellite in a retrograde orbit. The AUS-51 third stage solid motor entered a 262 x 774 km x 143.5 deg orbit and separated from the Ofeq satellite. Both coasted up to apogee at around 1620 UTC when Ofeq made a burn to increase its velocity by 33 m/s, raising the orbit to 369 x 771 km x 143.5 deg.
2003 January 5
14:37 GMT - . Launch Site: Palmachim. LV Family: Arrow. Launch Vehicle: Arrow 2.2003 December 16
Launch Site: Palmachim. Launch Platform: F-15D. Launch Vehicle: Black Sparrow.2003 December 16
Launch Site: Palmachim. LV Family: Arrow. Launch Vehicle: Arrow 2.2004 September 6
Launch Site: Palmachim. LV Family: Jericho. Launch Vehicle: Shaviyt 1. FAILURE: Third stage orientation failure at 270 seconds into the flight. Failed Stage: 3.- Ofeq-6 - . Mass: 300 kg (660 lb). Nation: Israel. Agency: Tsahal. Manufacturer: IAI. Program: Ofeq. Class: Surveillance. Type: Military surveillance satellite. Spacecraft: Ofeq 5. Military observation satellite failed to reach orbit. Finanical loss estimated by Israeli press as $ 100 million..
2005 December 2
08:27 GMT - . Launch Site: Palmachim. Launch Platform: F-15D. Launch Vehicle: Black Sparrow.2005 December 2
08:28 GMT - . Launch Site: Palmachim. LV Family: Arrow. Launch Vehicle: Arrow 2.2007 February 11
Launch Site: Palmachim. Launch Platform: F-15D. Launch Vehicle: Black Sparrow.2007 February 11
18:18 GMT - . Launch Site: Palmachim. LV Family: Arrow. Launch Vehicle: Arrow 2.2007 March 26
Launch Site: Palmachim. LV Family: Arrow. Launch Vehicle: Arrow 2.2007 June 10
23:40 GMT - . Launch Site: Palmachim. LV Family: Jericho. Launch Vehicle: Shaviyt 1.- Ofeq-7 - . Mass: 300 kg (660 lb). Nation: Israel. Agency: Tsahal. Manufacturer: IAI. Program: Ofeq. Class: Surveillance. Type: Military surveillance satellite. Spacecraft: Ofeq 5. USAF Sat Cat: 31601 . COSPAR: 2007-025A. Apogee: 576 km (357 mi). Perigee: 340 km (210 mi). Inclination: 141.80 deg. Period: 93.80 min. Israeli optical reconnaisance satellite, evidently using an improved version of the Shavit booster and probably heavier and more capable than its predecessors..
2008 January 17
06:45 GMT - . Launch Site: Palmachim. LV Family: Jericho. Launch Vehicle: Jericho III.2008 April 15
Launch Site: Palmachim. Launch Platform: F-15D. Launch Vehicle: Blue Sparrow.2009 April 7
Launch Site: Palmachim. LV Family: Arrow. Launch Vehicle: Arrow 2.2010 June 22
19:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Palmachim. LV Family: Jericho. Launch Vehicle: Shaviyt 1.- Ofeq 9 - . Mass: 189 kg (416 lb). Nation: Israel. Agency: ISA. Program: Ofeq. Class: Surveillance. Type: Military surveillance satellite. Spacecraft: Ofeq 5. USAF Sat Cat: 36608 . COSPAR: 2010-031A. Apogee: 586 km (364 mi). Perigee: 400 km (240 mi). Inclination: 141.80 deg. Period: 94.50 min. Israeli optical surveillance satellite..
2011 Q4?
Launch Site: Palmachim. LV Family: Arrow. Launch Vehicle: Arrow 3.2011 November 2
07:50 GMT - . Launch Site: Palmachim. LV Family: Jericho. Launch Vehicle: Jericho III.- Jericho III test - . Nation: Israel. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). Test mission. Believed to be second test of an improved Jericho missile..
2013 February 25
06:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Palmachim. LV Family: Arrow. Launch Vehicle: Arrow 3.- Arrow KV - . Nation: Israel. Type: ABM. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). ABM - exoatmospheric interceptor test..
2013 July 12
Launch Site: Palmachim. LV Family: Jericho. Launch Vehicle: Jericho III.- Jericho RV - . Nation: Israel. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). Developmental test.
2014 January 3
Launch Site: Palmachim. LV Family: Arrow. Launch Vehicle: Arrow 3.- Arrow KV - . Nation: Israel. Type: ABM. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). Missile test.
2014 April 9
19:06 GMT - . Launch Site: Palmachim. Launch Pad: xxx. LV Family: Jericho. Launch Vehicle: Shaviyt 1.- Ofeq-10 - . Mass: 260 kg (570 lb). Nation: Israel. Class: Surveillance. Type: Military Radarsat. Spacecraft: Tecsar. USAF Sat Cat: 39650 . COSPAR: 2014-019A. Apogee: 598 km (371 mi). Perigee: 388 km (241 mi). Inclination: 140.94 deg. Period: 94.48 min. Reportedly carried a radar imaging (SAR) payload..
2015 December 10
06:15 GMT - . Launch Site: Palmachim. LV Family: Arrow. Launch Vehicle: Arrow 3.- Arrow 3 KV - . Nation: Israel. Type: ABM. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). ABM Interceptor mission..
2016 September 13
13:48 GMT - . Launch Site: Palmachim. LV Family: Jericho. Launch Vehicle: Shavit.- 'Ofeq-11 - . Nation: Israel. Class: Surveillance. Type: Surveillance satellite. Spacecraft: Tecsar. USAF Sat Cat: 41759 . COSPAR: 2016-056A. Apogee: 600 km (370 mi). Perigee: 250 km (150 mi). Inclination: 141.00 deg. Ofeq-11 spy satellite, thought to be ususal retrograde orbit. It was reported that Israeli mission controllers were working to correct unspecified technical problems with the payload..
2018 February 18
23:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Palmachim. LV Family: Arrow. Launch Vehicle: Arrow 3.- Arrow KV - . Nation: Israel. Type: ABM. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). Test mission. Impacted Mediterranean?..