The Explorers Flight was launched on August
2, 2008 from Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
Launch services were provided by Space Exploration
Technologies, Inc. (SpaceX)
aboard a Falcon
1 rocket. However, an anomaly occurred during
ascent and the spacecraft did not attain Earth orbit.
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Kwajalein
Island
Credit: SpaceX
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Note that the following month SpaceX made history
when it launched another Falcon 1, which did reach
orbit. In fact, it was the first privately-developed
liquid fuel rocket to orbit the Earth. Click here
to read about this exciting mission.
