Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dror-1

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dror-1

Launch probability: 80%

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

Rocket: Falcon 9 · Provider: SpaceX

Launch pad

Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · View on map (opens in new tab)