Manifest / 01Go
Unknown Payload
Long March 6C
ProviderChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
PadLaunch Complex 9A
DateAug 25, 2026
PrecisionAbout 03:20 AM UTC
Schedule watchTracking updates
T– about 1d 13hWindow opens 03:15 AM UTC
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Mission Brief
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
PayloadFalconSAT-2
OrbitLow Earth Orbit
CustomerSpaceX
Stages2
PadOmelek Island, Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
Mission Timeline
14 / 14100%Ground vector
Launch site
Site locked
Omelek Island
Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
Global range
- Latitude
- 9.048°N
- Longitude
- 167.743°E
Range Weather
Launch commit criteria
Clear
Watch
TrackingNo active constraints
Weather Rules
Tracking no weather issues at this time.
- Primary concern
- No weather issues
- Rule count
- 0
- Temperature
- Not reported
- Surface wind
- Not reported
Window
10:30 PM UTC - 10:30 PM UTC
Provider
SpaceX
Profile →USA • Founded 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 E...
Schedule History
No meaningful launch-time or status changes recorded.
