Omelek Island
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SpaceX chose the launch facility at Omelek Island as a backup site for its Falcon 1 launch vehicle. Initially planned to launch from SLC-3W at Vandenberg Space Force Base, plans fell through and SpaceX shifted towards operations from the Ronald Reagan Missile Defence Facility in the Kwajalein Atoll. Omelek Island was the site of all flights of Falcon 1, including SpaceX’s first ever flight. Following the retirement of Falcon 1 in 2009, The launch facility at Omelek Island was also retired and has not been used as an orbital launch facility since.
Status: Retired
Rockets: Falcon 1
First launch: 24th March 2006
Last launch: 14th July 2009
Launches: 5
Average turnaround: 301.80 days
Fastest turnaround: 56.82 days
Previous launches from Omelek Island
RazakSAT
Date: Tuesday, 14 July 2009 at 03:35 UTC
Rocket: Falcon 1
Launch Site: Omelek Island, Kwajelein Atoll, Marshall Islands
RatSat
Date: Sunday, 28 September 2008 at 23:15 UTC
Rocket: Falcon 1
Launch Site: Omelek Island, Kwajelein Atoll, Marshall Islands
Trailblazer, PRESat, NanoSail-D
Date: Sunday, 3 August 2008 at 03:34 UTC
Rocket: Falcon 1
Launch Site: Omelek Island, Kwajelein Atoll, Marshall Islands
DemoSat
Date: Wednesday, 21 March 2007 at 01:10 UTC
Rocket: Falcon 1
Launch Site: Omelek Island, Kwajelein Atoll, Marshall Islands
FalconSAT-2
Date: Friday, 24 March 2006 at 22:30 UTC
Rocket: Falcon 1
Launch Site: Omelek Island, Kwajelein Atoll, Marshall Islands