August 2, 2008

Falcon 1 Launch Anomaly

SpaceX Sets August 2 for Falcon 1 launch

"Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) has scheduled the launch of the Falcon 1 Flight 3 mission for Saturday, August 2nd. The launch window will open at 4:00 p.m. (PDT) / 7:00 p.m. (EDT) and remain open for five hours. If launch is delayed for any reason, SpaceX has range availability to resume countdown through August 5. Lift-off of the vehicle will occur from SpaceX's Falcon 1 launch site at the Kwajalein Atoll, about 2500 miles southwest of Hawaii."

Editor's note: Check here for SpaceX updates. You can also follow the PreSat and NanoSailD (payload) Twitter feeds for more information.

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Editor's update: SpaceX update: "Launch control says that there has been an anomaly on the vehicle". (see this link for more info)


Posted by kcowing at August 2, 2008 11:38 PM
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Good luck folks, I know a few people working on this system. Launching stuff into space just isn't that easy!

Joe

Posted by: Joe at August 2, 2008 7:05 PM

One more failure and counting...
The Falcon rocket is in a similar situation as the Atlas, exploding constantly, but the Falcon, will become a reliable LV or will be as the Europa rocket (predecessor of the Ariane Family)?
SpaceX has many issues to solve and learn from them to applicate it to the Falcon 9 (why 9 engines and not more powerful engines similar to the RD-180?) and it seems its first flight for 2009 an utopia.
Will SpaceX cancel the problematic Falcon-1 later to focus on his bigger brother?

Posted by: Fernando at August 3, 2008 12:40 AM
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