This is what the Space-il association and the aerospace industry said this morning at a press conference. Initial report. Expansion later
The SpaceIL association and the Israel Aerospace Industries announced today (Tuesday) the date of the launch and landing of the first Israeli spacecraft to the moon. At a press event held this morning at the Israel Aerospace Industries' space plant in Yehud, it was announced that the national mission will be completed with the launch of the spacecraft during December 2018 and its expected landing on the moon on February 13, 2019.
Although this is a national historical achievement, at its core is a private initiative conceived about 8 years ago by the three founders of the SpaceIL association, the entrepreneurs Yariv Bash, Kafir Demari and Jonathan Weintraub, who aspired to fulfill the dream of reaching the moon and registered for the challenging Google Lunar XPRIZE competition.
The process of designing and developing the spacecraft, which includes the hard work of engineers, scientists and staff members, began in 2013 and continued until the last year, with the beginning of the construction phase at the aerospace industry factories. The spacecraft, which weighs only about 600 kg, is considered the smallest to land on the moon. It is one and a half meters high, about two meters wide and it carries fuel which is about 75% of its weight. Its maximum speed will exceed 10 km per second (36,000 km/h!).
The process of designing and developing the spacecraft, which includes the hard work of engineers, scientists and staff members, began in 2013 and continued until the last year, with the beginning of the construction phase at the aerospace industry factories. The spacecraft, which weighs only about 600 kg, is considered the smallest to land on the moon. It is one and a half meters high, about two meters wide and it carries fuel which is about 75% of its weight. Its maximum speed will exceed 10 km per second (36,000 km/h). The SpaceIL spacecraft will be launched on a Falcon 9 launcher of the SpaceX company from Cape Canaveral, Florida in the USA. The spacecraft will be a secondary payload and will be launched into space alongside a large communication satellite.
Donors and partners
Since the establishment of SpaceIL, the mission to land an Israeli spacecraft on the moon has become an Israeli national project with educational values, funded by donors, such as: Miri and Sheldon Adelson, Sami Segol, Lynn Shusterman, Steven Grand and more. The one who took the lead to complete the task and sees it as a mission, as mentioned, is the philanthropist and businessman Morris Kahn who chose to finance a significant part of the project in the amount of about NIS 100 million and even serves as the president of the SpaceIL association. The Aerospace Industry, which is Israel's home of space, has been a full partner in the project since day one. Over the years, additional partners were added from the private sector, government companies and academia. The most prominent among them: the Weizmann Institute of Science, the Israel Space Agency, the Ministry of Science, Bezeq and more.
the spaceship
The process of designing and developing the spacecraft, which includes the hard work of engineers, scientists and staff members, began in 2013 and continued until the last year, with the beginning of the construction phase at the aerospace industry factories. The spacecraft, which weighs only about 600 kg, is considered the smallest to land on the moon. It is one and a half meters high, about two meters wide and it carries fuel which is about 75% of its weight. Its maximum speed will exceed 10 km per second (36,000 km/h!).
More reports on the knowledge site - soon
More of the topic in Hayadan:
- SpaceIL CEO Eran Pribman has decided to retire - to be replaced by Ido Entabi
- SpaceIL: "Continuing the construction of the spacecraft to the moon and planning for a routine in 2018"
- SpaceIL signed with SpaceX to launch the spacecraft to the moon in about two years (news from 2015)
- Revealing initial details about the journey to the moon and SpaceIL's unique technologies (news from 2013)
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"The process of designing and developing the spaceship, which includes the hard work of engineers, scientists and staff members, began in 2013 and continued until the last year, with the beginning of the construction phase at the aerospace industry factories. The spacecraft, which weighs only about 600 kg, is considered the smallest to land on the moon. It is one and a half meters high, about two meters wide and it carries fuel which is about 75% of its weight. Its maximum speed will exceed 10 km per second (36,000 km/h!)."
This paragraph appears in this short article 3 times, and the most logical reason for this is that the author came to the scientific conclusion that just writing it, like a Tibetan prayer wheel, should bring good luck. That's why I quoted it here in full, and here it is again, just in case:
"The process of designing and developing the spaceship, which includes the hard work of engineers, scientists and staff members, began in 2013 and continued until the last year, with the beginning of the construction phase at the aerospace industry factories. The spacecraft, which weighs only about 600 kg, is considered the smallest to land on the moon. It is one and a half meters high, about two meters wide and it carries fuel which is about 75% of its weight. Its maximum speed will exceed 10 km per second (36,000 km/h!)."
"The process of designing and developing the spaceship, which includes the hard work of engineers, scientists and staff members, began in 2013 and continued until the last year, with the beginning of the construction phase at the aerospace industry factories. The spacecraft, which weighs only about 600 kg, is considered the smallest to land on the moon. It is one and a half meters high, about two meters wide and it carries fuel which is about 75% of its weight. Its maximum speed will exceed 10 km per second (36,000 km/h!)."
Avi,
You wrote that the spacecraft will be launched from Cape Canaveral on Falcon 9,
Are these details certain?
The only known launch of the Falcon from Cap Canarwell in December is FH,
And it will be strange with the Israeli spacecraft hitching a ride on the satellite called ArabSat
fixed. The text of course had the correct data, when I typed the title my finger moved unintentionally.
The spaceship will fly above the speed of light and reach the moon before it is sent???, father please correct the date in the title. Thanks.
The headline reads "An Israeli spacecraft will land on the moon on February 13, 2018.
A date that already happened 🙂 , so will the spacecraft landing on the moon.