MISSION NAME
FalconSAT-2 2
Status
Failure
DATE
24 MAR 2006
LAUNCH PROVIDER
SpaceX
Launch Pad
Omelek Island
Description
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
Falcon 1
Rocket Description
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.