Israel's Shavit-2 launched the Ofek-19 synthetic aperture radar reconnaissance satellite from Palmachim Airbase into a retrograde low Earth orbit; the unannounced night launch briefly caused panic among residents who mistook it for a missile.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 300 kg
- Flight
- 11th
- of 11 Shavit-2 flights
- Date and time
- 2 September 2025, 19:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Shavit-2
- Builder
- IAI
- Launch site
- Shavit Launch Pad, Palmachim Airbase, State of Israel
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2025-193
- Launches in 2025
- 202nd of 329
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