Launch Vehicles

Shavit

Israel

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General Reference

Space and Astronomy Atlas. "Shavit." Accessed September 1, 2026. https://dev-space.interactiveatlas.org/launch-vehicles/shavit-rocket.

APA Style

Space and Astronomy Atlas. (n.d.). Shavit. Retrieved September 1, 2026, from https://dev-space.interactiveatlas.org/launch-vehicles/shavit-rocket

BibTeX

@misc{spaceandastronomyatlas-shavit,
  author = {Space and Astronomy Atlas},
  title = {Shavit},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-space.interactiveatlas.org/launch-vehicles/shavit-rocket},
  note = {Accessed September 1, 2026}
}

Israel's launch vehicle, notable for launching westward over the Mediterranean against the direction of Earth's rotation, a costly but necessary choice to avoid dropping spent stages on neighboring countries to the east. It carried Ofeq 1 in 1988, making Israel the eighth nation to launch a satellite with its own rocket.

Facts

Vehicle Class

Light-lift solid-fuel expendable launch vehicle 1

Manufacturer

Israel Aerospace Industries 1

First Flight Date

1988-09-19 1

Status

Operational, used primarily to launch Israeli reconnaissance satellites. 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Operated By

Israel Space Agency

Source Encyclopedia Astronautica

Sources

1. Encyclopedia Astronautica

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