Dror-1? ("Commercial GTO 1") Mission

Launch Countdown

Date & Time

13 Jul, 4:31am

Pad

Space Launch Complex 40

Launch Service Provider

Booster

Unknown F9

Landing

Drone Ship (Unknown)

Mission

Dror-1? ("Commercial GTO 1")

Mission Type

Communications

Destination

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Note: Payload identity is uncertain and to be confirmed, based on FCC documentation. 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.

Updated: Jul 9, 12:00pm UTC

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