Falcon 1 | FalconSAT-2
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
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.
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Mission Profile
FalconSAT-2 was a Falcon 1 mission operated by SpaceX that lifted off from Omelek Island, Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands on March 24, 2006. The flight carried its payload on a technology mission to Low Earth Orbit. The mission flew on first stage F1 B0001. The launch ended in failure.