DEMOSAT/FALCON 1

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DEMOSAT/FALCON 1 is classified as:

Experimental

NORAD ID: 33393

Int'l Code: 2008-048A

Perigee: 582.7 km

Apogee: 596.1 km

Inclination: 9.3 °

Period: 96.3 minutes

Semi major axis: 6960 km

RCS: 3.3797 m² (large)

Launch date: September 28, 2008
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: Kwajalein (KWAJ)

The 70-foot-tall [21-meter-tall] rocket successfully delivered a 364-pound [165-kg] hunk of aluminum nicknamed "Ratsat" to orbit on the launcher's fourth flight, ending a streak of three consecutive Falcon 1 failures dating back to 2006. The rocket initially reached an orbit stretching from a low point of 205 miles [330 km] to a high point of 404 miles [650 km]. The orbital inclination was 9.3 degrees.

1 33393U 08048A   25288.21261080  .00004449  00000-0  33306-3 0  9995
2 33393   9.3442 166.5313 0009608  86.1789 273.9509 14.95030382926177

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC