SpaceX Falcon 1 RatSat

Name: SpaceX Falcon 1 RatSat
Start: 2008-09-28T23:15:00.000Z
Location: Omelek Island

Falcon 1

Status

Success

Date

28 SEP 2008

23:15

Launch Provider

SpaceX

Launch Pad

Omelek Island

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

Mission Overview

RatSat was an aluminum mass simulator on the fourth flight of the Falcon 1 rocket.

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