Israeli Shavit-1 rocket suffered a second-stage failure shortly after liftoff from Palmachim, destroying the Ofeq-4 reconnaissance satellite, which fell into the Mediterranean Sea and never reached orbit.
- Outcome
- Failure
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- Did not reach orbit
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 11 Shavit-2 flights