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SpaceX - Falcon 9 - DROR-1 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - July 13, 2025

Launch Date: July 13, 2025 Launch Time: 01:04 a.m. EDT, 0504 UTC, 07:04 CEST Launch Window: 3,5 hours opening at 01:04 a.m. EDT Launch Site: SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida Targ...

Watch Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Israeli satellite under cover of secrecy

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with what is believed to be an Israeli communications satellite. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is ...

🚀 SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches 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. Dr...

Commercial GTO-1 Mission

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Dror-1

Overview

Destination: Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Mission: Communications

Geostationary Transfer Orbit Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA Probability: 80%
B1083 - Just Read the Instructions

Note: 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.

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Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • July 13, 2025, 6:58 a.m.

Launch success.


Cosmic_Penguin • July 13, 2025, 5:04 a.m.

Liftoff.


Cosmic_Penguin • July 12, 2025, 2:47 a.m.

GO for launch.



Cosmic_Penguin • July 8, 2025, 4:53 p.m.

Added launch; payload identity to be confirmed.


Falcon 9

Family:
Configuration: Block 5

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.

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Specifications
  • Minimum Stage
    1
  • Max Stage
    2
  • Length
    70.0 m
  • Diameter
    3.65 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    5.2 m
  • Launch Mass
    549.0 T
  • Thrust
    7607.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Falcon 9
  • Family
  • Variant
    Block 5
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Falcon 9 Block 5
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $52000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    22800.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    8300.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Booster Info


B1083

Status: Active


Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: March 4, 2024
Last Flight: September 3, 2025
Flights: 14
Landings Attempted: 14
Landings Successful: 14
Previous B1083 Flights

Landing Information

The Falcon 9 1st stage booster B1083 has landed on ASDS JRTI after its 13th flight.

Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at Just Read the Instructions.

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