FalconSAT-2
Technology
Failure
SpaceX(SpX)CommercialFalcon 1LEOorbit
Launch time
Friday, March 24, 2006 at 10:30 PM
Failure
Status details
Failure reason
Engine failure at T+33 seconds
Overview
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
Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#4,759
SpX Mission
#1
Pad Launch
#1
Location Launch
#1
Launch Window
NET
Mar 24, 2006, 10:30 PM
Schedule Changes
1 update
Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
The Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site is a missile test range in Marshall Islands. It covers about 750,000 square miles (1,900,000 km2) and includes rocket launch sites at the Kwajalein Atoll (on multiple islands), Wake Island, and Aur Atoll. It primarily functions as a test facility for U.S. missile defense and space research programs.
Timezone
Pacific/Tarawa
Local Launch Time
Mar 25, 2006, 10:30 AM
Total Launches
5
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
8.7167, 167.7333