14 July 2009, 03:36 UTC
RazakSAT
Falcon 1 Flight 5, SpaceX's first commercial launch, carried Malaysia's RazakSAT Earth-observation satellite to orbit from Omelek Island. It was the final Falcon 1 flight before the vehicle's retirement, and the launch payment is credited with helping keep SpaceX afloat during a critical period.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 180 kg
- Flight
- 5th
- of 5 Falcon 1 flights
- Date and time
- 14 July 2009, 03:36 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 1
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Omelek Island, Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2009-037
- Launches in 2009
- 39th of 78
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