Shavit

Shavit (Hebrew: "comet" – שביט) is a space launch vehicle produced by Israel to launch small satellites into low Earth orbit. It was first launched on September 19, 1988 (carrying an Ofeq satellite payload), making Israel the eighth nation to have a space launch capability after the USSR, United States, France, Japan, United Kingdom, People's Republic of China, and India. The Shavit project is believed to have been an off-shoot development, resulting from Israel's Jericho nuclear armed intercontinental ballistic missile program.

Shavit

Shavit (Hebrew: "comet" – שביט) is a space launch vehicle produced by Israel to launch small satellites into low Earth orbit. It was first launched on September 19, 1988 (carrying an Ofeq satellite payload), making Israel the eighth nation to have a space launch capability after the USSR, United States, France, Japan, United Kingdom, People's Republic of China, and India. The Shavit project is believed to have been an off-shoot development, resulting from Israel's Jericho nuclear armed intercontinental ballistic missile program.