Falcon 1 | RazakSAT
Launch Successful
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Instantaneous launch window.
Launch Window
July 14, 2009, 3:36 a.m. - July 14, 2009, 3:36 a.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
July 14, 2009, 3:36 a.m. - July 14, 2009, 3:36 a.m.
Falcon 1 Successfully Delivers RazakSAT Satellite to OrbitHawthorne, CA – July 15, 2009 – Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announces the successful launch of Falcon 1 Flight 5 launch vehicle and the precision placement of Malaysia's RazakSAT into Earth orbit.“This marks another successful lau...
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]: 203 [7] The two-stage-to-orbit...
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.
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 was expended during its first flight.
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.
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