3 August 2008, 03:34 UTC
Flight 3
SpaceX's third Falcon 1 attempt, carrying NASA's PRESat and NanoSail-D nanosatellites, the Air Force's Trailblazer satellite and a Celestis memorial payload, failed when residual thrust from the new Merlin 1C first stage caused a stage-separation collision about two minutes into flight.
- Outcome
- Failure
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- Did not reach orbit
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 5 Falcon 1 flights
- Date and time
- 3 August 2008, 03:34 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 1
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Omelek Island, Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
- Payload
- Dedicated Rideshare
- Launches in 2008
- 38th of 69