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However, with Astra pausing launch operations and experiencing layoffs, it is unlikely that Omelek will see launches for the foreseeable future. [ 10 ] The Reagan Test Site, which includes rocket launch sites on other islands in the Kwajalein Atoll, on Wake Island , and at Aur Atoll , is the only U.S. government equatorial launch facility.
Launch activities at the test site include ballistic missile tests (Gagan Island, ; Gellinam Island, ABM interception tests (Meck Island), and meteorological The Kwajalein Atoll used to host a commercial spaceport for SpaceX at Omelek Island ( 9°2′52.30″N 167°44′34.80″E / 9.0478611°N 167.7430000°E / 9.0478611; 167. ...
Launch site for Cyclone-4M and possibly for Ariane 62 or Vega C [57] [58] ... Reagan Test Site, Omelek Island, Kwajalein Atoll 1950s– 39,000 kg ...
SpaceX updated facilities on Omelek Island to launch its commercial Falcon 1 rockets. The first successful Falcon 1 orbital space launch from Omelek was conducted in 2008. [4] It could launch Falcon 9 rockets into polar and geosynchronous orbit.
The launch occurred from Omelek Island, part of the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. [65] Liftoff occurred at 23:15 UTC on 28 September 15 minutes into a 5-hour launch window. If the launch had been scrubbed, it could have been conducted during the same window until 1 October.
This vehicle was removed from VAFB due to delays and eventually launched from Omelek Island. SpaceX originally intended to launch their first launch vehicle, the Falcon 1, from Space Launch Complex 3 West (SLC-3W) at Vandenberg Space Force Base. SLC-3W was modified by SpaceX to support the Falcon 1, and the Falcon 1 was erected on the pad in 2005.
Liftoff occurred from Omelek Island at 23:15 UTC on 28 September, 15 minutes into a five-hour launch window. If the launch had been scrubbed, it could have been conducted during the same window until 1 October. [12] Nine minutes and 31 seconds after launch, the second stage engine shut down, after the vehicle reached orbit. [13]
Its first successful launch was performed on September 28, 2008, by Falcon 1 from the Omelek Island, Marshall Islands and its first launch from a US spaceport was Falcon 9 Flight 1 on June 4, 2010, from Cape Canaveral. Its Dragon spacecraft docked with the International Space Station on October 11, 2012, to deliver supplies.