Falcon 1 | Flight 3
Launch Failure
Residual stage 1 thrust led to collision between stage 1 and stage 2 during separation.L - -- : -- : -- : --
Instantaneous launch window.
Launch Window
Aug. 3, 2008, 3:34 a.m. - Aug. 3, 2008, 3:34 a.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Aug. 3, 2008, 3:34 a.m. - Aug. 3, 2008, 3:34 a.m.
Falcon 1 was a small-lift launch vehicle that was operated from 2006 to 2009[5] by SpaceX, an American aerospace manufacturer. On 28 September 2008, Falcon 1 became the first privately-developed fully liquid-fueled launch vehicle to go into orbit around the Earth.[6][7]: 203 The two-stage-to-orbit ...
Trailblazer, PRESat, NanoSail-D and a Celestis payload were part of the rideshare on the 3rd Falcon 1 launch.
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.
Booster destroyed during recontact with second stage.
Core will be expended.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.
INFO WIKIA batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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