Second flight of Israel's Shavit rocket, launching the Ofeq 2 technology-demonstration satellite from Palmachim Airbase into a retrograde low Earth orbit over the Mediterranean, following the debut Ofeq 1 mission in 1988.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 160 kg
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 2 Shavit flights
- Date and time
- 3 April 1990, 12:02 UTC
- Rocket
- Shavit
- Builder
- IAI
- Launch site
- Shavit Launch Pad, Palmachim Airbase, State of Israel
- Payload
- Test Flight
- International designator
- 1990-027
- Launches in 1990
- 28th of 121
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