The Spacex launched a mystery satellite in geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) from the coast of Florida early Sunday morning (July 13).
art Falcon 9 rocket lifted from Stative Station in Cite Canaveral Space Sunday at 1:04 am EDT (0504 GMT), on a mission Excoke called commercial GTO-1.
The company does not recognize the payload, even if it is believed to be Israeli communication satellite called dror-1.
“Dror-1 is a geostationary communication satellite built and developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI),” Nextspaceflight.com wrote.
“It is intended to meet the SATELLITE Israeli communication needs in the next 15 years, “in addition to outlet.
Geostationary Orbit Lied 22,236 miles (35,786 kilometers) above the ground. In this high, orbital speed corresponds to the speed of rotating our planet, so the spacecraft of this road “hover” in the same patch of land continuously.
The first phase of Falcon 9, designated B1083, returned WORLD As planned on Sunday. It is touched about 8.5 minutes after the spacex drone ship’s explanation “Read the instructions,” set by the Atlantic Ocean.
This is the 13th launch and landing for this booster, according to a Description of Spacex Mission. That description does not provide an estimated time for deployment of commercial GTO-1 satellite.
