Shavit 2

Shavit 2 (Hebrew: "comet" - 2 שביט) was the first Israeli sounding rocket, launched on 5 July 1961 for meteorological research. [1] [2]

The weight of Shavit 2 was 250 kilogram and its height was 3.76 meters. The rocket achieved top height of 80 kilometers.

The Shavit sounding rocket is distinct from the later Shavit space launch vehicle also produced by Israel to launch Ofeq reconnaissance satellites into low earth orbit beginning in September 1988.