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RatSat

Falcon 1SpaceXOmelek Island
Sunday, September 28, 2008 · 11:15 PM UTCAdd to Calendar

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Vehicle

Falcon 1

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Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fif...

Height70 m
LEO Payload22,800 kg
Launches801
Successes664

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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 E...

Mission Brief

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

PayloadRatSat
OrbitLow Earth Orbit
CustomerSpaceX
Stages2
PadOmelek Island, Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands

Mission Timeline

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Launch Site

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

LAUNCH SITE
9.048°N, 167.743°E

Schedule History

No delays or schedule changes recorded.