Commercial GTO 1 (Dror-1) launch thread
Commercial GTO 1 (Dror-1) launch thread
| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2025-07-13, 05:04 |
|---|---|
| Scheduled for (local) | 2025-06-13, 01:04 (EDT) |
| Launch site | SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA |
| Booster | B1083-13 |
| Landing | Just Read the Instructions |
| Payload | Dror-1? ("Commercial GTO 1") |
| Payload mass | unknown |
| Customer | Israel Aerospace Industries |
| Target orbit | Geostationary Transfer Orbit |
Webcasts
| Stream | Link |
|---|---|
| Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_2-Ai_36Cs |
| Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Smh75rw8piM |
| NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V6QZHuC7eE |
| The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPagdhmBefU |
| SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1944258977774055912 |
| The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/@thespacedevs/videos |
Stats
Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:
☑️ 41st launch from SLC-40 this year
☑️ 4 days, 20:43:00 turnaround for this pad
☑️ 32 days, 15:58:20 hours since last launch of booster B1083
☑️ 127th landing on JRTI
☑️ 478th Falcon family booster landing, 488th Falcon recovery attempt
☑️ 85th Falcon 9 mission this year, 503rd Falcon 9 mission overall
☑️ 88th SpaceX mission of 2025, 528th overall (excluding Starship flights)
☑️ 88th SpaceX launch this year, 537th overall (including Starship flights)
Mission info
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.