SpaceX

Dror-1

Falcon 9 Block 5

SUCCESS
Success

Sunday, July 13, 2025 · 05:04 UTC

Mission

/01

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.

Mission Type

Communications

Orbit

Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)

Probability

80%

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 5

Variant: Block 5

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 40

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.562° N, 80.577° W

321

Pad Launches

1038

Location Launches

537

Agency Launches

152

Orbital This Year

← Back to Launches