Falcon 9 v1.1's debut flight launched Canada's CASSIOPE research satellite from Vandenberg. SpaceX also attempted its first controlled ocean-surface descent of the first stage; the stage re-entered safely but broke up after an uncontrollable roll during the landing burn.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 578 kg
- Flight
- 1st
- of 15 Falcon 9 v1.1 flights
- Date and time
- 29 September 2013, 16:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 v1.1
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2013-055
- Launches in 2013
- 57th of 81
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