Interstellar Applications
Interstellar Applications
Rocket: Falcon 9 Block 1
Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
Dragon: C103 — (Flight 1)
Payloads:
Satellite: Dragon C103
Destination: ISS
Customer: NASA
Satellite: Orbcomm OG2
Destination: LEO
Customer: Orbcomm
Mass: 172 kg
Details:
An engine failure on the first stage during ascent lead to the secondary payload being deployed into a abnormally low orbit and subsequently being lost. Primary mission was a success
4th Falcon 9 Block 1 mission
1st partial failure
1st consecutive partial failure
4th SpaceX launch from SLC-40
Turnaround: 138.70 days
2nd SpaceX mission of 2012
1st mission partial failure of 2012
2nd Falcon 9 Block 1 mission of 2012
9th SpaceX mission
1st SpaceX partial failure