Falcon 1 | FalconSAT-2
Launch information
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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
Launch status
Launch status information for space mission ‘Falcon 1 | FalconSAT-2’.
Failure
Status: Launch Failure
Class: normal
Fail Reason: Engine failure at T+33 seconds
Launch T0: March 24, 2006, 10:30 p.m.
Timezone: Pacific/Tarawa
Launch authority
Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.
Mission |
FalconSAT-2 (LEO) |
|---|---|
Launcher |
SpaceX |
Rocket |
Falcon 1 |
Location |
Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands |
Pad |
Omelek Island |
Type |
Technology |
Orbit |
Low Earth Orbit (LEO) |
Satellites on-board
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Launch statistics
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