RatSat
Falcon 1
SpaceX
Mission
RatSat
Type: Test Flight
RatSat was an aluminum mass simulator on the fourth flight of the Falcon 1 rocket.
Trajectory
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Location
Omelek Island
Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
5 rockets have launched from Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands.
Landing
Booster was expended during its first flight.
Pacific Ocean – PAC
Pacific Ocean
Expended – EXP
Vehicle did not perform any landing operations after launch
Agency
SpaceX – SpX
- Type: Commercial
- Abbreviation: SpX
- Administration: CEO: Elon Musk
- Founded: 2002
- Launchers: Falcon | Starship
- Spacecraft: Dragon
- Country: USA
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.
