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Fourth Falcon 1 reaches orbit

Submit on Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 06:00

Rocket: Falcon 1; Payload: “Ratsat” (payload mass simulator); Date: 28 September 2008, 2315 UTC; Site: Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. The rocket successfully reached orbit (although maybe not as precisely as initially claimed) and was also able to demonstrate the restart capability of the second stage engine.

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