SpaceX Falcon 1 DemoSat

Name: SpaceX Falcon 1 DemoSat
Start: 2007-03-21T01:10:00.000Z
Location: Omelek Island

Falcon 1

Status

Failure

Date

21 MAR 2007

01:10

Launch Provider

SpaceX

Launch Pad

Omelek Island

Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands

Mission Overview

Second test flight of Falcon 1. Only a mass simulator was flown.

Rocket

Falcon 1

Mission Type

Test Flight

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Stages

Livestream

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Rocket Details

The Falcon 1 was the first launch vehicle developed and manufactured by SpaceX in 2006. It is an expendable, two stage rocket where each stage is powered by a single LOX/RP1 engine.

Height

22.25 m

Diameter

1.7 m

Launch Mass

33 T

Thrust

454 kN