Tag: Spacecraft

At an altitude of 400 km above sea level, the nanosatellite will orbit the earth at a dizzying speed of 27,600 km per hour, or 7.6 km per second, completing a cycle around Earth every 90 minutes.

“We are setting out on a new path, familiar but different, at the end of which we hope to land three spacecraft safely on the moon."

The Weizmann Institute’s project is one of four selected by NASA for potential launch in 2026.

The maneuver, which was performed at 7:40 pm Israel time, lowered the spacecraft’s altitude in preparation for its landing tomorrow.

According to IAI and SpaceIL, "the spacecraft is now in an elliptical orbit at an altitude of 211 km to 467 km from the moon."

Beresheet took photos of the far side of the moon as it continues its orbit.

“After a challenging journey, we made tonight another Israeli record and became the seventh nation to orbit the moon."

I am here!

“The control center has contact with the spacecraft according to plan and it continues its previous orbit until the next maneuver."

The spacecraft has detached from its launcher and completed its planned orbit of the Earth.

Videos from the Liftoff and Separation of Beresheet Lunar Spacecraft.

“This is an historic moment. In a few days, the first Israeli spacecraft will be sent to the moon. ‘Bereishit’ will make history!” the president said.

Iran pointed out that the carrier rocket had successfully passed the first and second stages of the launch and only failed to pass the third.

Effective Space is developing a unique, small spacecraft to extend the life of satellites in orbit, based on the vision to provide logistics services in the rapidly growing space economy.

First Israeli lunar spacecraft set to land on moon Feb. 13, 2019, making Israel fourth country to reach Earth's satellite.

In most platforms, even low-power jammers can disrupt or even deny the operation of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), thus degrading the platform's capability to fulfill its mission.

Israel’s SpaceIL enters Google Lunar XPrize Competition and attempts to land the first Israeli spacecraft on the moon, a senior MFA official tells UN.

Shimon Peres said, “The time has come for an Israeli flag to be planted on the moon."