Flight 4

E17424

Falcon 1 mission SpaceX mission orbital spaceflight

Flight 4 was the first successful Falcon 1 mission, marking SpaceX’s historic achievement of reaching orbit with a privately developed liquid-fueled rocket.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Falcon 1 mission → SpaceX mission → orbital spaceflight →
achievementFor	commercial spaceflight → private space industry →
configuration	Falcon 1 Block 2 →
countryOfOperator	United States →
firstStageEngine	Merlin 1C →
followedBy	Flight 5 →
launchAzimuth	near-equatorial →
launchDate	2008-09-28 →
launchDateTimeUTC	2008-09-28T23:15:00Z →
launchMethod	ground launch →
launchOutcome	success →
launchPad	Falcon 1 launch pad, Omelek Island →
launchServiceProvider	SpaceX →
launchSite	Omelek Island → Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site →
launchVehicleType	liquid-fueled orbital launch vehicle →
locationOfLaunchSite	Kwajalein Atoll → Republic of the Marshall Islands →
manufacturerOfLaunchVehicle	SpaceX →
missionOutcome	success →
missionType	test flight →
notableFor	demonstrating orbital capability of Falcon 1 → validating SpaceX’s two-stage liquid-fueled design →
operator	SpaceX →
orbitReached	yes →
orbitType	low Earth orbit →
partOf	early SpaceX development flights →
payload	mass simulator →
payloadMassClass	small satellite mass simulator →
payloadType	dummy payload →
precededBy	Flight 3 →
program	Falcon 1 program →
propellantTypeFirstStage	RP-1/LOX →
propellantTypeSecondStage	RP-1/LOX →
relatedBody	Pacific Ocean →
relatedOrganization	Marshall Islands →
rocket	Falcon 1 →
secondStageEngine	Kestrel →
significance	first orbital success for SpaceX → first successful Falcon 1 mission → first time a privately developed liquid-fueled rocket reached orbit →
stageCount	2 →
status	completed →
yearOfEvent	2008 →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Falcon 1 →	orbitFirstReachedFlightNumber
Flight 3 →	precedes