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1st Israeli Lunar Lander Lifts Off on Top of Falcon 9 Rocket From Cape Canaveral
1st Israeli Lunar Lander Lifts Off on Top of Falcon 9 Rocket From Cape Canaveral
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A Falcon 9 launch vehicle has successfully blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying Israel's first lunar... 22.02.2019, Sputnik International
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1st Israeli Lunar Lander Lifts Off on Top of Falcon 9 Rocket From Cape Canaveral
05:57 GMT 22.02.2019 (Updated: 20:47 GMT 19.10.2022) MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A Falcon 9 launch vehicle has successfully blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying Israel's first lunar mission, Beresheet, Indonesian communications satellite Nusantara Satu, and the US Air Force Research Laboratory S5 spacecraft, a live broadcast on SpaceX's website showed.
The rocket was launched at 8:45 p.m. Thursday on (01:45 GMT on Friday). The Falcon 9 launch vehicle successfully delivered all vehicles into orbit, SpaceX reported later.
12 January 2019, 02:17 GMT
After deployment SpaceIL Beresheet will start its two-month voyage to the Moon. If successful, the mission will make Israel the world’s fourth country to land on the Moon, after Russia, the US, and China.
The lander is the smallest such craft in terms of weight, at 600 kilograms, and measures just 1.5 metres by 2 metres.
READ MORE: ‘Size of Smart Car’: Things You Need to Know About Israel's First Lunar Mission
The mission will be the third for Falcon 9's reusable first stage, which was already used in July and October.
SpaceX said it planned to land the first stage on a droneship, which will land in the Atlantic Ocean, following separation.
