Launched Ofeq-3, Israel's first operational reconnaissance satellite, giving Israel independent photographic-intelligence capability from a low Earth retrograde orbit launched from Palmachim.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 225 kg
- Flight
- 1st
- of 11 Shavit-2 flights
- Date and time
- 5 April 1995, 11:16 UTC
- Rocket
- Shavit-2
- Builder
- IAI
- Launch site
- Shavit Launch Pad, Palmachim Airbase, State of Israel
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1995-018
- Launches in 1995
- 21st of 80
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