FalconSAT-2

Mission

FalconSAT-2

• Type: Technology
• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
• Launch Cost: $7,000,000

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

Engine failure at T+33 seconds

Location

Omelek Island

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

Omelek Island has witnessed the launch of 5 rockets, including 5 orbital launch attempts. While Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, has been the site for 5 rocket launches.

The Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site is a missile test range in Marshall Islands. It covers about 750,000 square miles (1,900,000 km2) and includes rocket launch sites at the Kwajalein Atoll (on multiple islands), Wake Island, and Aur Atoll. It primarily functions as a test facility for U.S. missile defense and space research programs.

Rocket

SpaceX 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.

Learn more about the Falcon 1

Core F1 B0001

Booster destroyed mid-flight. Booster F1 B0001 last launched 03/24/2006 and has seen 0 successful launches and landings. Engine failure at T+33 seconds resulted in loss of vehicle

Pacific Ocean - PAC

Pacific Ocean

Parachute Landing - PCL

Unpowered landing using parachute(s).

Agency

SpaceX

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.