Editing Palmachim

Jump to navigation Jump to search

Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.

The edit can be undone. Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then save the changes below to finish undoing the edit.

Latest revision Your text
Line 1: Line 1:
'''Palmachim Air Force Base''' (also known as Palmahim AB (LL59)) is an [[Israeli]] military facility and spaceport located near the cities of Rishon LeZion and Yavne on the Mediterranean Sea.
+
'''Palmachim Air Force Base''' is an [[Israeli]] military facility and spaceport located near the cities of Rishon LeZion and Yavne on the Mediterranean Sea.
  
 
Palmachim is used to launch the [[Shavit space launch vehicle]] into [[retrograde orbit]]. This ensures that rocket debris falls into water, and that the rocket does not fire over other countries.  
 
Palmachim is used to launch the [[Shavit space launch vehicle]] into [[retrograde orbit]]. This ensures that rocket debris falls into water, and that the rocket does not fire over other countries.  
Line 5: Line 5:
 
==Pads and runways==
 
==Pads and runways==
 
*launchpad located 31.897925N 34.690769E  
 
*launchpad located 31.897925N 34.690769E  
*runway 03/21, 2414 x 30 meters, asphalt, no ILS, lights
+
*runway 03/21, 2403 x 30 meters, asphalt, no ILS, lights
*runway 13/31, 805 x 30 meters, asphalt, no ILS, no lights
+
*runway 13/31, 803 x 30 meters, asphalt, no ILS, no lights
 
*communications: TEL AVIV APP, 120.9, 121.4
 
*communications: TEL AVIV APP, 120.9, 121.4
 
== References ==
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmachim_Airbase http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmachim_Airbase]
 
*[http://www.airports-worldwide.com/israel/palmahim_israel.htm http://www.airports-worldwide.com/israel/palmahim_israel.htm]
 
*[http://airportnavfinder.com/airport/LL59/#com http://airportnavfinder.com/airport/LL59/#com]
 
 
[[Category: Articles]]
 
[[Category:Real spaceports]]
 
[[Category:Surface bases]]
 
[[Category:Israel]]
 

Please note that all contributions to OrbiterWiki are considered to be released under the GNU Free Documentation License 1.2 (see OrbiterWiki:Copyrights for details). If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly and redistributed at will, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource. Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!

To protect the wiki against automated edit spam, we kindly ask you to solve the following hCaptcha:

Cancel Editing help (opens in new window)