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FalconSAT-2

Falcon 1SpaceXOmelek Island
Friday, March 24, 2006 · 10:30 PM UTCAdd to Calendar

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Vehicle

Falcon 1

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Height70 m
LEO Payload22,800 kg
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Successes687

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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

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Launch site

Site locked

Omelek Island

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

Global range
SITE LOCK
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

Schedule History

No delays or schedule changes recorded.