DEMOSAT/FALCON 1

Track DEMOSAT/FALCON 1 now!
10-day predictions
DEMOSAT/FALCON 1 is classified as:

Experimental

NORAD ID: 33393

Int'l Code: 2008-048A

Perigee: 584.2 km

Apogee: 598.4 km

Inclination: 9.3 °

Period: 96.4 minutes

Semi major axis: 6962 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   25187.25406533  .00002614  00000-0  17304-3 0  9993
2 33393   9.3440 181.1499 0010131  86.5068 273.6290 14.94423505911046

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC