Falcon 1 | Flight 3

Falcon 1 | Flight 3

Omelek Island
Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands

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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.

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Flight 3

Trailblazer, PRESat, NanoSail-D and a Celestis payload were part of the rideshare on the 3rd Falcon 1 launch.

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Falcon 1


Height 22.25 Meters

Max Stages 2

Mass To GTO 0 kg

Liftoff Thrust 454 kN

Diameter 1.70 Meters

Mass To LEO 470 kg

Liftoff Mass 33 Tonnes


Launch Success 2

Consecutive Success 2

Maiden Flight 2006-03-24

Launch Failures 3


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Serial F1 B0003

Status lost

Flight Proven Yes

Flights 1


Landing Attempt No

Landing Success Unknown

Type EXP

Location PAC


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