Israel's Shavit rocket launched the Ofeq-5 reconnaissance satellite from Palmachim Airbase, marking the type's return to flight after a prior launch failure and becoming one of Israel's first operational imaging satellites.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 300 kg
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 11 Shavit-2 flights
- Date and time
- 28 May 2002, 15:25 UTC
- Rocket
- Shavit-2
- Builder
- IAI
- Launch site
- Shavit Launch Pad, Palmachim Airbase, State of Israel
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2002-025
- Launches in 2002
- 25th of 65
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