2006 · SpaceX
FalconSAT-2
failureFalcon 1 | FalconSAT-2
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
Overview
- Date / time
- March 24, 2006 at 10:30 PM UTC
- Outcome
- failure
- Launch site
- Omelek Island
- Mission
- FalconSAT-2
- Mission type
- Technology
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit
FailureEngine failure at T+33 seconds