FalconSAT-2

SpaceX's inaugural Falcon 1 flight from Kwajalein Atoll, carrying the US Air Force Academy's FalconSat-2 plasma research satellite. A corroded fuel-line nut caused a kerosene leak and fire, and the rocket lost control and crashed about 30 seconds after liftoff.

Outcome

Failure

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

Did not reach orbit

Flight

1st

of 5 Falcon 1 flights

Date and time

24 March 2006, 22:30 UTC

Rocket

Falcon 1

Builder

SpaceX

Launch site

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

Payload

Technology

Launches in 2006

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