flown missionFailure
Falcon 1 | FalconSAT-2
SpaceXOmelek Island — Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
mission
- Name
- FalconSAT-2
- Type
- Technology
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
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
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
- Fail reason
- Engine failure at T+33 seconds
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Falcon 1
- Family
- Falcon
- Variant
- 1
- Provider
- SpaceX
- Type
- Commercial
- Country
- USA
webcasts
launch site
- Pad
- Omelek Island
- Location
- Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
- Country
- MHL
- Timezone
- Pacific/Tarawa
- Coordinates
- 9.0479, 167.7430