Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dror-1

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.

Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)

• B1083 · flight 13 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Just Read the Instructions · landed · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-24 · zone record 156/157

• SpaceX Dror-1 — The Space Devs
• SpaceX - Falcon 9 - DROR-1 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - July 13, 2025 — SPACE AFFAIRS
• Watch Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Israeli satellite under cover of secrecy — Spaceflight Now
• 🚀 SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Commercial GTO-1 — NASASpaceflight
• Commercial GTO-1 Mission — SpaceX

1. T−38MGO for Prop Load
2. T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
3. T−35MProp Load
4. T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
5. T−7MEngine Chill
6. T−1MTank Press
7. T−1MStartup
8. T−45SGO for Launch
9. T−3SIgnition
10. T−0Liftoff
11. T+1M10SMax-Q
12. T+2M28SMECO
13. T+2M32SStage 2 Separation
14. T+2M39SSES-1
15. T+3M24SFairing Separation
16. T+6M14SEntry Burn Startup
17. T+6M37SEntry Burn Shutdown
18. T+8M4SStage 1 Landing Burn
19. T+8M27SStage 1 Landing

• Launch success.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 7/13/2025 · source

• Liftoff.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 7/13/2025 · source

• GO for launch.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 7/12/2025 · source

• Weather is 80% favorable for launch.

  hitura-nobad · 7/11/2025 · source

• Added launch; payload identity to be confirmed.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 7/8/2025 · source