SpaceX Launches Highly Secret Israeli Communications Satellite
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, JUL 13 – The Dror 1 satellite, Israel’s most advanced communications satellite, will support national strategic capabilities with a planned 15-year mission, launched on Falcon 9’s 500th flight.
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SpaceX launches Israeli satellite
An early Sunday morning SpaceX launch marked the 60th orbital mission from the Space Coast from all companies for the year, but also the 500th successful mission for the workhorse Falcon 9 rocket.
SpaceX launches highly secret Israeli communications satellite
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station early Sunday carrying an Israel Aerospace Industries communications satellite, a payload that had been kept largely secret until liftoff.
In the night between Saturday and Sunday, July 13, SpaceX completed a new space launch, characterized by a halo of confidentiality that immediately attracted the attention of the observers. At 1:04 local time (at 05:04 GMT), a Falcon 9 rocket took off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, carrying an officially identified cargo as "Commercial GTO-1" without further details on the nature of the satellite...
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SpaceX Makes History & Successfully Launches 500th Rocket Mission!
SpaceX achieved a crucial milestone today after it launched an Israeli communications satellite from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida earlier today. The successful launch marked the 500th mission of the firm's workhorse Falcon 9 rocket, which has become the backbone of global launch capacity and enabled SpaceX to drastically reduce costs by becoming the first and only firm in the world to reuse an orbital-class rocket booster. S…
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