Omelek Island

E31258

island launch site

Omelek Island is a small atoll in the Marshall Islands that served as SpaceX’s early orbital launch site for its Falcon 1 rocket.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Omelek Island canonical	3

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	island ⓘ launch site ⓘ
access	restricted ⓘ
administratedBy	Marshall Islands ⓘ surface form: Republic of the Marshall Islands
approximateCoordinates	9.05°N 167.75°E ⓘ
approximateElevation	sea level ⓘ
associatedWith	Elon Musk ⓘ Falcon rocket family ⓘ
country	Marshall Islands ⓘ
environment	coral atoll ⓘ
firstOrbitalLaunchAttemptDate	2006-03-24 ⓘ
firstSuccessfulOrbitalLaunchCustomer	SpaceX (demo payload) ⓘ
firstSuccessfulOrbitalLaunchDate	2008-09-28 ⓘ
firstSuccessfulOrbitalLaunchVehicle	Falcon 1 rocket ⓘ surface form: Falcon 1 Flight 4
formerLaunchProvider	SpaceX ⓘ
historicalSignificance	site of first privately developed liquid-fueled rocket to reach orbit ⓘ
launchInfrastructure	small integration facilities ⓘ transportable launch mount ⓘ
launchPadType	orbital launch pad ⓘ
launchVehicle	Falcon 1 rocket ⓘ surface form: Falcon 1 Falcon 1 rocket ⓘ surface form: Falcon 1e
locatedIn	Kwajalein Atoll ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ
near	U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA) missile range ⓘ
notableLaunchFailure	Falcon 1 rocket ⓘ surface form: Falcon 1 Flight 1 Falcon 1 rocket ⓘ surface form: Falcon 1 Flight 2 Falcon 1 rocket ⓘ surface form: Falcon 1 Flight 3
notableLaunchSuccess	Falcon 1 rocket ⓘ surface form: Falcon 1 Flight 4 Falcon 1 rocket ⓘ surface form: Falcon 1 Flight 5
operator	SpaceX ⓘ
partOf	Marshall Islands ⓘ surface form: Republic of the Marshall Islands
region	Micronesia ⓘ
sovereignState	Marshall Islands ⓘ
status	inactive launch site ⓘ
timePeriodOfUse	2006–2009 ⓘ mid-2000s ⓘ
usedBy	SpaceX ⓘ U.S. military (range support context) ⓘ
usedFor	Falcon 1 launches ⓘ commercial launches ⓘ orbital rocket launches ⓘ test launches ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Falcon 1 rocket → launchSite → Omelek Island ⓘ

subject surface form: Falcon 1

Flight 4 → launchSite → Omelek Island ⓘ

Falcon 1 launch pad, Omelek Island → locatedOn → Omelek Island ⓘ