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Falcon 1 Ready to Launch

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the third-time's-a-charm dept.

DarkNemesis618 writes "SpaceX's new rocket, the Falcon 1 is set to launch February 8. Twice now it has been delayed for technological problems and then for structural. It's payload is set to be the FalconSat-2 satellite. What's interesting is that this satellite was built by the cadets at the USAF Academy. The satellite is going to be studying the effects of space plasma. It appears NASA & the shuttle are not the only ways for the government to launch satellites anymore."

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  1. Could Have been called by captjc · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess if it launched 4 years ago, it could have been called the New-Millenium Falcon

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