Orbcomm OG2 Mission 1Falcon 9 v1.1 SpaceX Launch Status Success Mon ยท Jul 14th, 2014 11:15 AM EDT Watch Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbHnSu-DLR4 Mission Orbcomm OG2 Mission 1 Type: Communications In this flight, the Falcon 9 rocket will deliver the first six of a series of next generation OG2 satellites to an elliptical 750 x 615 km low-Earth orbit. The OG2 satellites are commercial telecommunications satellites, built by Sierra Nevada Corporation and weigh approximately 170 kg each. Location Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral, FL, USA 209 launches have been at this location. Rocket Falcon 9 v1.1 Length: 68.4 meters Diameter: 3.65 meters First Launched: September 29, 2013 Falcon 9 v1.1 is a significantly redesigned version of the its predecessor, including a higher payload capacity. This version arranges the engines in a structural form SpaceX calls an Octaweb. The Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket has been launched a total of 15 times with 14 successful and 1 failed launches. Landing Atlantic – ATL The Atlantic ocean on the East coast of the United States is a common landing area for expended boosters. Ocean – Ocean Typically indicates a landing in which the booster is not recovered. Agency SpaceX Type: Commercial Abbreviation: SpX Administration: CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Launchers: Falcon 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 has many pads, on the East Coast of the US they own SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral and LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center for their lower inclination launches. They also own SLC-4E at Vandenberg, California for their high inclination launches. Another site is also being developed at Boca Chica, Texas. View Rocket Launch Schedule