About 150 seconds after launch, a ground camera captured the moment the two rocket sections separated while traveling at about 3,665 mph (5,900 kph), 42.7 miles (68.7 km) above Earth.

Israel invaded Gaza in the winter of 2008-2009 to stop the rocket fire, a war in which 1,400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed. Rocketing stopped for a few years but resumed again in 2012.