MISSIONS

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GPS III SV04 (Sacagawea)

SpaceX will launch GPS Block III Space Vehicle 04 from SLC-40, Cape Canaveral AFS aboard a Falcon 9. GPS III is owned and operated by the US Air Force and produced by Lockheed Martin. This will be the fourth GPS III satellite launched and the third launched by SpaceX. The satellite will be delivered into a MEO transfer orbit. The booster for this mission will land on an ASDS.

  • Launch Date:November 5th 2020
  • Launch Site:CCAFS SLC 40
  • Rocket Type:Falcon 9

Past Missions

  • Successful

    #105

    Starlink-14 (v1.0)

    October 24th 2020

    This mission will launch the fourteenth batch of operational Starlink satellites, which are expected to be version 1.0, from SLC-40, Kennedy Space Center. It is the fifteenth Starl...

  • Successful

    #104

    Starlink-13 (v1.0)

    October 18th 2020

    This mission will launch the thirteenth batch of operational Starlink satellites, which are expected to be version 1.0, from LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center. It is the fourteenth Star...

  • Failure

    #103

    Starlink-12 (v1.0)

    October 6th 2020

    This mission will launch the twelfth batch of operational Starlink satellites, which are expected to be version 1.0, from SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. It is the thirte...

  • Successful

    #102

    Starlink-11 (v1.0)

    September 3rd 2020

    The 11th operational batch of Starlink satellites (12th overall) will lift off from LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center, Florida on a Falcon 9 rocket. In the weeks following deployment ...

  • Successful

    #101

    SAOCOM 1B, GNOMES-1, Tyvak-0172

    August 30th 2020

    SpaceX's Falcon 9 will launch the second of the two satellite SAOCOM 1 satellites into a sun-synchronous polar orbit from SLC-40, Cape Canaveral AFS. SAOCOM 1B is a synthetic apert...

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    #100

    Starlink-10 (v1.0) & SkySat 19-21

    August 18th 2020

    This mission will launch the tenth batch of operational Starlink satellites, which are expected to be version 1.0, from LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center. It is the eleventh Starlink la...

  • Successful

    #99

    Starlink-9 (v1.0) & BlackSky Global 5-6

    August 7th 2020

    This mission will launch the ninth batch of operational Starlink satellites, which are expected to be version 1.0, from LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center. It is the tenth Starlink launc...

  • Successful

    #98

    ANASIS-II

    July 20th 2020

    SpaceX will launch ANASIS-II, a South Korean geostationary military communication satellite from LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center. It will be South Korea's first dedicated military com...

  • Successful

    #97

    GPS III SV03 (Columbus)

    June 30th 2020

    SpaceX launches GPS Block III Space Vehicle 03 from SLC-40, Cape Canaveral AFS aboard a Falcon 9. GPS III is owned and operated by the US Air Force and produced by Lockheed Martin....

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    #96

    Starlink-8 & SkySat 16-18

    June 13th 2020

    This mission will launch the eighth batch of operational Starlink satellites, which are expected to be version 1.0, from SLC-40, Cape Canaveral AFS. It is the ninth Starlink launch...

  • Successful

    #95

    Starlink 7

    June 4th 2020

    This mission will launch the seventh batch of operational Starlink satellites, which are expected to be version 1.0, from SLC-40, Cape Canaveral AFS. It is the eighth Starlink laun...

  • Successful

    #94

    CCtCap Demo Mission 2

    May 30th 2020

    SpaceX will launch the second demonstration mission of its Crew Dragon vehicle as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Transportation Capability Program (CCtCap), carryingNASA astronauts...

  • Successful

    #93

    Starlink 6

    April 22nd 2020

    This mission will launch the sixth batch of operational Starlink satellites, which are expected to be version 1.0, from SLC-40, Cape Canaveral AFS. It is the seventh Starlink launc...

  • Successful

    #92

    Starlink 5

    March 18th 2020

    The sixth Starlink launch overall and the fifth operational batch of Starlink satellites will launch into orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. This mission is expected to deploy all six...

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    #91

    CRS-20

    March 7th 2020

    SpaceX's 20th and final Crew Resupply Mission under the original NASA CRS contract, this mission brings essential supplies to the International Space Station using SpaceX's reusabl...

  • Successful

    #90

    Starlink 4

    February 17th 2020

    This mission will launch the fourth batch of Starlink version 1.0 satellites, from SLC-40, Cape Canaveral AFS. It is the fifth Starlink launch overall. The satellites will be deliv...

  • Successful

    #89

    Starlink 3

    January 29th 2020

    This mission will launch the third batch of Starlink version 1.0 satellites, from SLC-40, Cape Canaveral AFS. It is the fourth Starlink launch overall. The satellites will be deliv...

  • Successful

    #88

    Crew Dragon In Flight Abort Test

    January 19th 2020

    SpaceX will launch a Crew Dragon capsule from LC-39A, KSC on a fully fueled Falcon 9 rocket and then trigger the launch escape system during the period of maximum dynamic pressure....

  • Successful

    #87

    Starlink 2

    January 7th 2020

    This mission will launch the second batch of Starlink version 1.0 satellites, from SLC-40, Cape Canaveral AFS. They are expected to contribute to the 550 km x 53° shell. It is the ...

  • Successful

    #86

    JCSat 18 / Kacific 1

    December 17th 2019

    SpaceX will launch the Boeing built dual payload satellite to geostationary transfer orbit from XXXX. JCSat 18 is a mobile broadband communications payload built for Sky Perfect JS...

  • Successful

    #85

    CRS-19

    December 5th 2019

    SpaceX's 19th Crew Resupply Mission on behalf of NASA with a total of 20 contracted flights, this mission brings essential supplies to the International Space Station using SpaceX'...

  • Successful

    #84

    Starlink 1

    November 11th 2019

    This mission will launch the first batch of Starlink version 1.0 satellites, from SLC-40, Cape Canaveral AFS. They are expected to contribute to the 550 km x 53° shell. It is the s...

  • Successful

    #83

    Amos-17

    August 6th 2019

    SpaceX will launch Boeing built Amos-17, a geostationary communications satellite for Israeli company Spacecom. The satellite will be delivered to GTO from KSC LC-39A or possibly C...

  • Successful

    #82

    CRS-18

    July 25th 2019

    SpaceX's 18th Commercial Resupply Services mission out of a total of 20 such contracted flights for NASA, this launch will deliver essential supplies to the International Space Sta...

  • Successful

    #81

    STP-2

    June 25th 2019

    Space Test Program 2 is a rideshare managed by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), launching from LC-39A, KSC. Most of the spacecraft will be delivered into ...

  • Successful

    #80

    RADARSAT Constellation

    June 12th 2019

    SpaceX is launching the three satellite RADARSAT Constellation Mission into Sun Synchronous orbit from SLC-4E, VAFB. The RCM spacecraft are synthetic aperture radar (SAR) Earth obs...

  • Successful

    #79

    Starlink v0.9

    May 24th 2019

    SpaceX will launch dozens of Starlink demonstration satellites from SLC-40, Cape Canaveral AFS. Starlink is a low Earth orbit broadband internet constellation developed and owned b...

  • Successful

    #78

    CRS-17

    May 4th 2019

    SpaceX's 17th Commercial Resupply Services mission for NASA out of a total of 20 contracted flights, this mission brings essential supplies to the International Space Station using...

  • Successful

    #77

    ArabSat 6A

    April 11th 2019

    SpaceX will launch Arabsat 6A to a geostationary transfer orbit from SLC-39A, KSC. The satellite is a geostationary telecommunications satellite built by Lockheed Martin for the Sa...

  • Successful

    #76

    CCtCap Demo Mission 1

    March 2nd 2019

    Demonstration Mission 1 (DM-1) will launch Dragon 2 as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Transportation Capability program. This mission will demonstrate Dragon 2, and Falcon 9 in its...

  • Successful

    #75

    Nusantara Satu (PSN-6) / S5 / Beresheet

    February 22nd 2019

    SpaceX will launch this rideshare to GTO for Space Systems Loral (SSL). The primary payload for this mission is Nusantara Satu, a communications satellite built by SSL for the priv...

  • Successful

    #74

    Iridium NEXT Mission 8

    January 11th 2019

    SpaceX's first flight of 2019 will be the eighth and final launch of its planned Iridium flights. Delivering 10 satellites to low earth orbit, this brings the total up to 75 and co...

  • Successful

    #73

    GPS III SV01

    December 23rd 2018

    SpaceX's twenty-first flight of 2018 launched the first of the new GPS III satellites (Block IIIA) for the United States Air Force and was SpaceX's first EELV mission. The spacecra...

  • Successful

    #72

    CRS-16

    December 5th 2018

    SpaceX's 16th Crew Resupply Mission on behalf of NASA, with a total of 20 contracted flights. This will bring essential supplies to the International Space Station using SpaceX's r...

  • Successful

    #71

    SSO-A

    December 3rd 2018

    SpaceX's nineteenth flight of 2018 will fly SSO-A: SmallSat Express out of Vandenberg SLC-4E for Spaceflight. SSO-A is a rideshare to sun synchronus low earth orbit consisting of 6...

  • Successful

    #70

    Es’hail 2

    November 15th 2018

    SpaceX's eighteenth flight of 2018 was its first for Es'hailSat. Es'hail-2 is a communications satellite delivering television and internet to Qatar and the surrounding region. It ...

  • Successful

    #69

    SAOCOM 1A

    October 8th 2018

    SpaceX's seventeenth flight of 2018 was the first launch of the Saocom Earth observation satellite constellation of the Argentine Space Agency CONAE. The second launch of Saocom 1B...

  • Successful

    #68

    Telstar 18V

    September 10th 2018

    SpaceX's sixteenth flight of 2018 launched the Telstar 18v GEO communication satellite for Telesat, the second launch for the canadian company in a few months. The first stage was ...

  • Successful

    #67

    Merah Putih

    August 7th 2018

    SpaceX's fifteenth flight of 2018 launched the Merah Putih (also known as Telkom-4) geostationary communications satellite for Telkom Indonesia. It marked the first reuse of any Bl...

  • Successful

    #66

    Iridium NEXT Mission 7

    July 25th 2018

    SpaceX's fourteenth flight of 2018 and seventh of eight launches in a half-a-billion-dollar contract with Iridium. Will use a Block 5 first stage, to be recovered in the Pacific Oc...

  • Successful

    #65

    Telstar 19V

    July 22nd 2018

    SSL-manufactured communications satellite intended to be placed at 63° West over the Americas. At 7,075 kg, it became the heaviest commercial communications satellite ever launched...

  • Successful

    #64

    CRS-15

    June 29th 2018

    Payload included MISSE-FF 2, ECOSTRESS, and a Latching End Effector. The refurbished booster featured a record 2.5 months period turnaround from its original launch of the TESS sat...

  • Successful

    #63

    SES-12

    June 4th 2018

    SES-12, the replacement satellite for NSS-6, was successfully launched and deployed on June 4th, completing SpaceX's eleventh flight of 2018. According to SES Luxembourg, The SES-1...

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    #62

    Iridium NEXT Mission 6

    May 22nd 2018

    GFZ arranged a rideshare of GRACE-FO on a Falcon 9 with Iridium following the cancellation of their Dnepr launch contract in 2015. Iridium CEO Matt Desch disclosed in September 201...

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    #61

    Bangabandhu-1

    May 11th 2018

    First launch of a Block V first stage....

  • Successful

    #60

    TESS

    April 18th 2018

    Part of the Explorers program, this space telescope is intended for wide-field search of exoplanets transiting nearby stars. It is the first NASA high priority science mission laun...

  • Successful

    #59

    CRS-14

    April 2nd 2018

    The launch used a refurbished booster (from CRS-12) for the 11th time, and a refurbished capsule (C110 from CRS-8) for the third time. External payloads include a materials researc...

  • Successful

    #58

    Iridium NEXT Mission 5

    March 30th 2018

    Fifth Iridium NEXT mission to deploy ten Iridium NEXT satellites. Reused booster from third Iridium flight, and although controlled descent was performed, the booster was expended ...

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    #57

    Hispasat 30W-6

    March 6th 2018

    Launched with landing legs and titanium grid fins. Did not attempt a landing due to 'unfavorable weather conditions in the recovery area'....

  • Successful

    #56

    Paz / Starlink Demo

    February 22nd 2018

    First flight with fairing 2.0. Will also carry two SpaceX test satellites for the upcoming Starlink constellation....

  • Successful

    #55

    Falcon Heavy Test Flight

    February 6th 2018

    The launch was a success, and the side boosters landed simultaneously at adjacent ground pads. Drone ship landing of the central core failed. Final burn to heliocentric mars-earth ...

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    #54

    SES-16 / GovSat-1

    January 31st 2018

    Reused booster from the classified NROL-76 mission in May 2017. Following a successful experimental ocean landing that used three engines, the booster unexpectedly remained intact;...

  • Successful

    #53

    ZUMA

    January 8th 2018

    Originally planned for mid-November 2017, the mission was delayed due to test results from the fairing of another customer. First-stage booster will attempt landing at LZ-1...

  • Successful

    #52

    Iridium NEXT Mission 4

    December 23rd 2017

    Reusing the booster first used on Iridium-2, but will be flying expendable....

  • Successful

    #51

    CRS-13

    December 15th 2017

    Will reuse the Dragon capsule previously flown on CRS-6 and will reuse the booster from CRS-11....

  • Successful

    #50

    KoreaSat 5A

    October 30th 2017

    KoreaSat 5A is a Ku-band satellite capable of providing communication services from East Africa and Central Asia to southern India, Southeast Asia, the Philippines, Guam, Korea, an...

  • Successful

    #49

    SES-11 / Echostar 105

    October 11th 2017

    Nineteenth comsat to GTO, also the fourth satellite launched for SES and second for Echostar. Third time a first stage booster will be reused....

  • Successful

    #48

    Iridium NEXT Mission 3

    October 9th 2017

    Third of eight missions to launch Iridium's second generation constellation from VAFB...

  • Successful

    #47

    Boeing X-37B OTV-5

    September 7th 2017

    Notable because Boeing is the primary contractor of the X-37B, which has until now been launched by ULA, a SpaceX competitor and Boeing partnership. Second flight of the Falcon 9 B...

  • Successful

    #46

    FormoSat-5

    August 24th 2017

    Formosat-5 is an Earth observation satellite of the Taiwanese space agency. The SHERPA space tug by Spaceflight Industries was removed from the cargo manifest of this mission. The ...

  • Successful

    #45

    CRS-12

    August 14th 2017

    Dragon is expected to carry 2,349 kg (5,179 lb) of pressurized mass and 961 kg (2,119 lb) unpressurized. The external payload manifested for this flight is the CREAM cosmic-ray det...

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    #44

    Intelsat 35e

    July 5th 2017

    Due to the constraints of sending a heavy satellite (~6,000 kg) to GTO, the rocket will fly in its expendable configuration and the first-stage booster will not be recovered....

  • Successful

    #43

    Iridium NEXT Mission 2

    June 25th 2017

    First flight with titanium grid fins to improve control authority and better cope with heat during re-entry....

  • Successful

    #42

    BulgariaSat-1

    June 23rd 2017

    Second time a booster will be reused: Second flight of B1029 after the Iridium mission of January 2017. The satellite will be the first commercial Bulgarian-owned communications sa...

  • Successful

    #41

    CRS-11

    June 3rd 2017

    This mission delivered the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) to the ISS, along with the MUSES Earth imaging platform and ROSA solar array. For the first time, this...

  • Successful

    #40

    Inmarsat-5 F4

    May 15th 2017

    At 6,070 kg this was the heaviest payload launched to GTO by a Falcon 9 rocket. The launch was originally scheduled for the Falcon Heavy, but performance improvements allowed the m...

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    #39

    NROL-76

    May 1st 2017

    First launch under SpaceX's certification for national security space missions, which allows SpaceX to contract launch services for classified payloads. Second-stage speed and alti...

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    #38

    SES-10

    March 30th 2017

    First payload to fly on a reused first stage, B1021, previously launched with CRS-8, which also landed a second time. In what is also a first, the payload fairing remained intact a...

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    #37

    EchoStar 23

    March 16th 2017

    Communications satellite for EchoStar Corp. EchoStar XXIII, based on a spare platform from the cancelled CMBStar 1 satellite program, will provide direct-to-home television broadca...

  • Successful

    #36

    CRS-10

    February 19th 2017

    First Falcon 9 flight from the historic LC-39A launchpad at Kennedy Space Center, carrying supplies and materials to support dozens of science and research investigations scheduled...

  • Successful

    #35

    Iridium NEXT Mission 1

    January 14th 2017

    Return-to-flight mission after the loss of Amos-6 in September 2016. Iridium NEXT will replace the original Iridium constellation, launched in the late 1990s. Each Falcon mission w...

  • Failure

    #34

    Amos-6

    September 1st 2016

    The rocket and Amos-6 payload were lost in a launch pad explosion on September 1, 2016 during propellant fill prior to a static fire test. The pad was clear of personnel and there ...

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    #33

    JCSAT-16

    August 14th 2016

    First attempt to touch down from a ballistic trajectory using a single-engine landing burn. All previous landings from a ballistic trajectory had fired three engines on the landing...

  • Successful

    #32

    CRS-9

    July 18th 2016

    Among other cargo, an International Docking Adapter (IDA-2) was carried to the ISS. This mission had a successful first-stage landing at Cape Canaveral.*Including the reusable Drag...

  • Successful

    #31

    ABS-2A / Eutelsat 117W B

    June 15th 2016

    One year after pioneering this technique on flight 16, Falcon again launched two Boeing 702SP gridded ion thruster satellites in a dual-stack configuration, with the two customers ...

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    #30

    Thaicom 8

    May 27th 2016

    Manufactured by Orbital ATK, the 3,100-kilogram (6,800 lb) Thaicom 8 communications satellite will serve Thailand, India and Africa from the 78.5° East geostationary location. It i...

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    #29

    JCSAT-2B

    May 6th 2016

    Launched the JCSAT 14 communications satellite for Tokyo-based SKY Perfect JSAT Corp. JCSAT 14 will support data networks, television broadcasters and mobile communications users i...

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    #28

    CRS-8

    April 8th 2016

    Dragon carried over 1500 kg of supplies and delivered (stowed in its trunk) the inflatable Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) to the ISS for two years of in-orbit tests. The...

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    #27

    SES-9

    March 4th 2016

    Second launch of the enhanced Falcon 9 Full Thrust launch vehicle. Following the launch, SpaceX attempted an experimental landing test to a drone ship, although a successful landin...

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    #26

    Jason 3

    January 17th 2016

    First launch of NASA and NOAA joint science mission under the NLS II launch contract (not related to NASA CRS or USAF OSP3 contracts). Last launch of the original Falcon 9 v1.1 lau...

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    #25

    OG-2 Mission 2

    December 23rd 2015

    Total payload mass was 2,034 kg (4,484 lb) : 11 satellites weighing 172 kg each, plus a 142-kg mass simulator. This was the first launch of the upgraded v1.1 variant (later called ...

  • Failure

    #24

    CRS-7

    June 28th 2015

    Launch performance was nominal until an overpressure incident in the second-stage LOX tank, leading to vehicle breakup at T+150 seconds. The Dragon capsule survived the explosion b...

  • Successful

    #23

    TürkmenÄlem 52°E / MonacoSAT

    April 27th 2015

    No description available.

  • Successful

    #22

    CRS-6

    April 14th 2015

    Following the first-stage boost, SpaceX attempted a controlled-descent test of the first stage. The first stage contacted the ship, but soon tipped over due to excess lateral veloc...

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    #21

    ABS-3A / Eutelsat 115W B

    March 3rd 2015

    The launch was Boeing's first-ever conjoined launch of a lighter-weight dual-commsat stack that was specifically designed to take advantage of the lower-cost SpaceX Falcon 9 launch...

  • Successful

    #20

    DSCOVR

    February 11th 2015

    First launch under USAF's OSP 3 launch contract. First SpaceX launch to put a satellite to an orbit with an orbital altitude many times the distance to the Moon: Sun-Earth libratio...

  • Successful

    #19

    CRS-5

    January 10th 2015

    Following second stage separation, SpaceX performed a test flight which attempted to return the first stage of the Falcon 9 through the atmosphere and land it on an approximately 9...

  • Successful

    #18

    CRS-4

    September 21st 2014

    No description available.

  • Successful

    #17

    AsiaSat 6

    September 7th 2014

    No description available.

  • Successful

    #16

    AsiaSat 8

    August 5th 2014

    No description available.

  • Successful

    #15

    OG-2 Mission 1

    July 14th 2014

    Total payload mass was 1,316 kg (2,901 lb) : 6 satellites weighing 172 kg each, plus two 142-kg mass simulators. This was the second Falcon 9 booster equipped with landing legs. Fo...

  • Successful

    #14

    CRS-3

    April 18th 2014

    Following second-stage separation, SpaceX conducted a second controlled-descent test of the discarded booster vehicle and achieved the first successful controlled ocean touchdown o...

  • Successful

    #13

    Thaicom 6

    January 6th 2014

    Second GTO launch for Falcon 9. The USAF evaluated launch data from this flight as part of a separate certification program for SpaceX to qualify to fly U.S. military payloads and ...

  • Successful

    #12

    SES-8

    December 3rd 2013

    First GTO launch for Falcon 9...

  • Successful

    #11

    CASSIOPE

    September 29th 2013

    Commercial mission and first Falcon 9 v1.1 flight, with improved 13-tonne to LEO capacity. Following second-stage separation from the first stage, an attempt was made to perform an...

  • Successful

    #10

    CRS-2

    March 1st 2013

    Last launch of the original Falcon 9 v1.0 launch vehicle...

  • Successful

    #9

    CRS-1

    October 9th 2012

    CRS-1 successful, but the secondary payload was inserted into abnormally low orbit and lost due to Falcon 9 boost stage engine failure, ISS visiting vehicle safety rules, and the p...

  • Successful

    #8

    COTS 2

    May 22nd 2012

    Launch was scrubbed on first attempt, second launch attempt was successful...

  • Successful

    #7

    COTS 1

    December 8th 2010

    No description available.

  • Successful

    #6

    Falcon 9 Test Flight

    June 4th 2010

    No description available.

  • Successful

    #5

    RazakSat

    July 13th 2009

    No description available.

  • Successful

    #4

    RatSat

    September 27th 2008

    Ratsat was carried to orbit on the first successful orbital launch of any privately funded and developed, liquid-propelled carrier rocket, the SpaceX Falcon 1...

  • Failure

    #3

    Trailblazer

    August 3rd 2008

    Residual stage 1 thrust led to collision between stage 1 and stage 2...

  • Failure

    #2

    DemoSat

    March 21st 2007

    Successful first stage burn and transition to second stage, maximum altitude 289 km, Premature engine shutdown at T+7 min 30 s, Failed to reach orbit, Failed to recover first stage...

  • Failure

    #1

    FalconSat

    March 24th 2006

    Engine failure at 33 seconds and loss of vehicle...