OptSat-3000

Launch data: Designation  42900 / 17044A Launch date  02 Aug 2017 - 01:58 UT Launch site  Ko, ELV Launch vehicle  Vega Mission  Reconnaissance, optical Earth orbit: Perigee / Apogee  440 x 450 km Eccentricity   Inclination   97.2° Period   min

Spacecraft data:

Description:

• OPTSAT-3000 was regarded as a gap-filler until the now cancelled Italian-made optical reconnaissance satellite OpSIS for Italian defense authorities became operational. It will allow national defense entities to acquire and use high-resolution images from any part of the globe.

Mission details:

• The European solid-propellant Vega launcher placed two Israeli-built satellites in orbit on Aug 2, 2017. OptSat-3000 is an imaging satellite for the Italian military (developed as part of an exchange of military equipment between Israel and Italy).

External links:

• Satellite tracking (n2ya.com): Real time satellite tracking