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Historical mission record
This page records Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dror-1 and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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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.
- Launch vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Mission type
- Communications
- Destination orbit
- Geostationary Transfer Orbit
- Launch pad
- Space Launch Complex 40
- Provider
- SpaceX
- Recovery
- Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship, The Falcon 9 1st stage booster B1083 has landed on ASDS JRTI after its 13th flight. +1
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.

Falcon 9 Block 5
Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.
- Height
- 70 m
- Diameter
- 3.65 m
- Stages
- 2
- Recorded launches
- 537
- First flight
- 2018-05-11

Recorded timing
This is a mission record, not an upcoming calendar appointment.
Target ·
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Cumulus Cloud Rule, Anvil Cloud Rules
Flight timeline
Planned sequence, not live telemetry. Times are relative to the launch target.
- 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
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- T−00:01:00
Tank Press
- T−00:00:45
GO for Launch
- T−00:00:03
Ignition
- 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
Launch site & orbit
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Launch site & orbit
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Coverage & sources
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