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Dror-1

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Falcon 9 Block 5

T-minus to liftoff

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MINUTES

SECONDS

Sunday July 13 2025, 05:04:00 UTC

StatusSuccess

Scrub riskHIGH

Go16%

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitGeostationary Transfer Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

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Space Launch Complex 40

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.562, -80.577

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Mission

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.

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Weather & scrubHIGH risk

Weather Go16%LL2 Go80%Wind2 m/sGusts5 m/sCloud38%Temp26°C

Limiting rule: No flight through cumulus cloud with top at or above the freezing level.

100% cloud cover in layer above freezing (14805 ft) — approximated · METAR reports thunder or overhead lightning: "KCOF 270255Z AUTO 18004KT 10SM VCTS -DZ SCT190 25/23 A3001 RMK AO2 RAE0155DZB015" · ≥60% layer 13422–17835 ft (4413 ft thick) — approximated

Launch Timeline

Countdown

T-00:38:00

GO for Prop Load

T-00:35:00

Stage 1 LOX Load

T-00:35:00

Prop Load

T-00:16:00

Stage 2 LOX Load

T-00:07:00

Engine Chill

T-00:01:00

Startup

T-00:01:00

Tank Press

T-00:00:45

GO for Launch

T-00:00:03

Ignition

In-flight

T+00:00:00

Liftoff

T+00:01:10

Max-Q

T+00:02:28

MECO

T+00:02:32

Stage 2 Separation

T+00:02:39

SES-1

T+00:03:24

Fairing Separation

T+00:06:14

Entry Burn Startup

T+00:06:37

Entry Burn Shutdown

T+00:08:04

Stage 1 Landing Burn

T+00:08:27

Stage 1 Landing

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitGeostationary Transfer Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

SiteCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

WindowSunday July 13 2025, 05:04:00 UTC→Sunday July 13 2025, 08:34:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

Height70 m

Diameter3.7 m

Stages2

ReusableYes

LEO capacity22,800 kg

Track record606/607 successful

Landings593/598