Falcon 1 makes orbit.
SpaceX light launcher has finally made orbit on fourth try.
Good one.
Press info here
165 kg dummy payload this time...
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Congratulations to SpaceX for successfully launching a payload into orbit after three failed attempts:
The two-stage Falcon 1 rocket built by Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) lifted off at about 7:15 p.m. EDT (2315 GMT) from the U.S. Army's Ronald Reagan Ballistic Defense Test Site on the…
Congratulations to SpaceX
Falcon 1 from SpaceX launched successfully on July 13th.
Launch placed Razaksat (Malaysian reconsat in near equatorial orbit) in orbit.
If the Falcon 9 maiden flight is successful later this year, or soon thereafter, well then we are really talking.
Third Falcon launch failed also.
Three satellites lost.
From NASAwatch - with launch video - first stage engine performed, but stage separation failed.
SpaceX homepage has comments - they have raised capital, have booked customers and plan multiple future launches including the Falcon 9 heavy…
The Shuttle is glorious after midnight awaiting a big adventure...
A complicated design...
Lifts with a thunderous roar...
SRB Separation is visible to the naked eye... and the payload joins the ISS...
As the Shuttle is retiring from operation, SpaceX is gearing up to service the space station…
That is awesome. Between the Chinese, and Falcon, NASA may be able to contract with someone to send stuff to orbit....
165kg? That's hardly better than the French Rafale-airlaunch study. Think ATV!