[amsat-bb] Falcon 1 flight 5

G0MRF@aol.com G0MRF at aol.com
Mon Apr 13 01:06:19 PDT 2009


Hi all.
 
I see SpaceX is launching flight 5 next week. 
The main satellite is from Malaysia, but they are also launching 2  
secondary payloads. - Anyone know what they are?
I recall there was a secondary payload from a US University using 70cms  
that was bounced a while ago.
 
Thanks
 
David  G0MRF
 
 
Preparations for Flight 5 of Falcon 1 are well underway at SpaceX. Flight 5 
 will loft an Earth observation satellite called RazakSAT into orbit for 
the  Government of Malaysia, plus two secondary payloads that will deploy  
separately. 
SpaceX's Falcon 1 launch site lies approximately 5,000 miles away from Los  
Angeles, on Omelek Island, which is part of the United States Army 
Kwajalein  Atoll. Omelek is nearly 2,500 miles southwest of Hawaii, and just 9.1 
degrees  north latitude, making it a great location for launching rockets. 
Currently,  Flight 5 is scheduled for an April 21st launch which corresponds 
with April 20th  in the US. 
_http://www.spacex.com/updates.php_ (http://www.spacex.com/updates.php) 


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