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SpaceXFalcon 1Omelek Island, Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
FalconSAT-2
Launched
March 24, 2006
Summary
FalconSAT-2 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 1 from Omelek Island, Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands on March 24, 2006. The mission failed: Engine failure at T+33 seconds. It was SpaceX's 1st launch, 1st this year and humanity's 4,759th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Falcon 1 flight. Booster F1 B0001 flew for the 1st time and its landing at Pacific Ocean failed. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO).
- Result
- Engine failure at T+33 seconds
- Watch
- Falcon 1 Flight 1TheSystemsAlliance
- Booster
- F1 B0001 · flight 1 · Parachute Landing at Pacific Ocean · landing failed53/55 landed here
- Mission
- Technology · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Falcon 1 flightSpaceX's 1st launch1st this yearhumanity's 4,759th orbital launch attempt9th orbital launch attempt this year
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About this launch
FalconSAT-2 was a satellite built by students of the United States Air Force Academy. It was intended to have been placed into low Earth orbit to study the effects of plasma on communications with spacecraft, however it failed to reach orbit due to a malfunction of its carrier rocket.It landed in a storage shed on Omelek Island, just a few feet from its own shipping container
Pad
Omelek Island, Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
1st launch from Omelek Island, 1st this year · 1st from Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
5 launches from this pad · 5 from Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
under an hour after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall IslandsOpen in maps
Questions
When did FalconSAT-2 launch?
FalconSAT-2 launched on March 24, 2006. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Why did FalconSAT-2 fail?
Engine failure at T+33 seconds.
Where can I watch FalconSAT-2?
Coverage: Falcon 1 Flight 1. Watch the replay
What rocket launched FalconSAT-2?
Falcon 1, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 1 spec sheet
Where did FalconSAT-2 launch from?
Omelek Island, Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands.
Did the booster land?
Booster F1 B0001 flew for the 1st time and its landing at Pacific Ocean failed.
What orbit was FalconSAT-2 going to?
Low Earth Orbit (LEO), a technology mission.