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Beresheet

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Orbit: GEOLaunched 2/22/2019
Technical Specifications
Verified technical details
Dry Mass
150 kg
Total Mass
585 kg
Power
Unknown
Design Life
Unknown
Stakeholders

Operator

SpaceIL

Manufacturer

SpaceIL
Launch Mission

Nusantara Satu/Beresheet

2/22/2019

Entity Mentions
All verified mentions of this entity in source documents

The Falcon 9 launch carrying PSN-6, Beresheet, and S5 is scheduled for no earlier than 2019-02-21 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

Mentioned as: BeresheetSourceFeb 15, 2019

Israel Aerospace Industries shipped the SpaceIL lander Beresheet earlier 2019-01 from Israel to Cape Canaveral for final preparations for launch.

Mentioned as: BeresheetSourceJan 29, 2019

Israel Aerospace Industries planned slight modifications to the Beresheet design, particularly to the upper deck, to support payloads weighing 30 to 60 kg depending on the initial launch orbit.

Mentioned as: BeresheetSourceMar 19, 2019

SpaceX launched the Beresheet lunar lander built by Israel Aerospace Industries as a secondary payload on a Falcon 9 in February 2019.

Mentioned as: BeresheetSourceAug 27, 2020

Firefly announced a July 2019 partnership with Israel Aerospace Industries to license the Genesis lander that IAI developed for SpaceIL’s Beresheet mission.

Mentioned as: BeresheetSourceFeb 4, 2021