Space Launch Now - Falcon 1

Falcon 1

In-active

SpaceX (SpX)

March 24, 2006

Description

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.

Specifications

Stages
2
Length
22.25 m
Diameter
1.7 m
Fairing Diameter
1.5 m
Launch Mass
33.0 T
Thrust
454.0 kN

Family

Name
Falcon 1
Family
―
Variant
1
Alias
―
Full Name
Falcon 1

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
$7000000
Low Earth Orbit
470.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
―
Direct Geostationary
―
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
290.0 kg

SpaceX

Commercial

CEO: Elon Musk

SpX 2002

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.

Previous Flights

flew on five previous launch(es).

Falcon 1 | RazakSAT

SpaceX | United States of America
Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
July 14, 2009, 3:36 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

RazakSAT is a Malaysian Earth observation satellite carrying a high-resolution camera. It was the first and only operational satellite to be put in orbit by SpaceX's Falcon 1.

Low Earth Orbit F1 B0005 - Maiden Flight Pacific Ocean

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Falcon 1 | RatSat

SpaceX | United States of America
Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
Sept. 28, 2008, 11:15 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit F1 B0004 - Maiden Flight Pacific Ocean

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Falcon 1 | Flight 3

SpaceX | United States of America
Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
Aug. 3, 2008, 3:34 a.m.

Status: Launch Failure

Mission:

Trailblazer, PRESat, NanoSail-D and a Celestis payload were part of the rideshare on the 3rd Falcon 1 launch.

Low Earth Orbit F1 B0003 - Maiden Flight South Pacific

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Falcon 1 | DemoSat

SpaceX | United States of America
Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
March 21, 2007, 1:10 a.m.

Status: Launch Failure

Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit F1 B0002 - Maiden Flight Pacific Ocean

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Falcon 1 | FalconSAT-2

SpaceX | United States of America
Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
March 24, 2006, 10:30 p.m.

Status: Launch Failure

Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit F1 B0001 - Maiden Flight Pacific Ocean

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