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Compare the evidence.

Choose up to three systems. Specifications retain their source and configuration; missing information is left undisclosed.

Orbiter 1K

Earlier electric loitering-munition design with a dated manufacturer baseline, distinct from Orbiter 2 LM.

Country / region
Israel
Programme status
Supplier-reported status
Sources reviewed
21 Sept 2026
Supplier-reported statusSupplier-reported status
Primary domain
Air
System type
Loitering munition
Developer / manufacturer
Aeronautics
Origin / production countries
Israel
Other names
No additional names recorded
Variants / configurations
Not distinguished in reviewed sources
Operators / programme customers
Not identified in reviewed sources

Evidence & current status

Supplier information is attributed; performance and operational acceptance require configuration-specific evidence.

Role & capabilities

  • Loitering munition programme

Specifications in context

Airframe
Fixed wing

Current supplier configuration; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

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Launch / recovery
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Propulsion
Electric

Current supplier configuration; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

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Dimensions
2.9 m wingspan

Current supplier configuration; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

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Mass
13 kg maximum take-off

Current supplier configuration; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

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Endurance
Up to 2 hours

Current supplier configuration; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

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Range
Up to 50 km mission range

Current supplier configuration; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

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Speed
38–50 knots loitering

Current supplier configuration; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

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Altitude
13,000 ft ASL service ceiling

Current supplier configuration; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

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Payload
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Sensors
Stabilised EO/IR imaging

Current supplier configuration; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

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Communications / navigation
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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