Launch FailureSpaceX

Falcon 1: FalconSAT-2

Name: Falcon 1: FalconSAT-2
Start: 2006-03-24T22:30:00Z
End: 2006-03-24T22:30:00Z
Location: Omelek Island

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

Failure:Engine failure at T+33 seconds

Friday, 24 March 2006

Mission Data

🇺🇸SpaceXEst. 2002

Launch VehicleFalcon 1

Vehicle FamilyFalcon

Vehicle Record2 of 5 launches (40%)

Provider TypeCommercial

Agency Record729 successes / 15 failures (98%)

Success Streak229 consecutive

Mission TypeTechnology

Target OrbitLow Earth Orbit

Launch PadOmelek Island

LocationRonald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands MHL

Orbital Launches This Year#9

Agency Launches This Year#1

Launches From This Pad5

Launches From This Site5

Status Note

Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.

About Falcon 1

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.

Launch Site

Omelek Island · 9.0479°N 167.7430°E

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.