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RatSat

Falcon 1

SpaceX

Launch Status
Success

Mission

RatSat

Type: Test Flight

RatSat was an aluminum mass simulator on the fourth flight of the Falcon 1 rocket.

Trajectory

The trajectory is unavailable. Check back for updates.

Mission patch for RatSat

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.

Omelek Island, 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.

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