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Launched 2008-09-28 23:15 UTCOmelek Island, Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
50th
orbital launch attempt in 2008
SpaceX
2nd
launch this year
Omelek Island
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
56 d 19 h
since the pad's previous launch
RatSat was an aluminum mass simulator on the fourth flight of the Falcon 1 rocket.
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.
Launches
742
Successful
727
98%
Landings
687
of 715
Upcoming
136
scheduled
Height
22.3m
Diameter
1.7m
To low Earth orbit
470kg
Liftoff thrust
454kN
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