Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dror-1? ("Commercial GTO 1")

Launch information

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Mission description

Note: Payload identity is uncertain and to be confirmed, based on FCC documentation. SpaceX identifies the mission as "Commercial GTO 1". Dror-1 is a geostationary communication satellite built and developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). It is intended to meet the satellite communication needs of Israel for the next 15 years. Dror-1 is comprised primarily of local Israeli technologies developed at IAI, including an advanced digital communication payload and “smartphone in space” capabilities, to provide communication agility throughout the satellite’s lifetime in space.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dror-1? ("Commercial GTO 1")’.

Launch image Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dror-1? ("Commercial GTO 1")

TBC

Status: To Be Confirmed

Class: normal

Launch T0: July 13, 2025, 4:31 a.m.

Timezone: America/New_York

Launch authority

Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.

Mission

Dror-1? ("Commercial GTO 1") (GTO)

Launcher

SpaceX

Rocket

Falcon 9

Location

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 40

Type

Communications

Orbit

Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)

Satellites on-board

Tracking of on-board satellites will be available after the rocket launch date (July 13, 2025).

Launch statistics

Launch statistics will be available after the rocket launch date (July 13, 2025).

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