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[Satellite News 09-29-08] After six years and three failed attempts, Space Exploration Technology Corp. (SpaceX) launched the first privately funded, liquid-fuelled rocket into orbit Sept. 28, the company said.
The Falcon 1 rocket, which carried a dummy payload with a mass of about 165 kilograms lbs, lifted off at 7:15 p.m. EDT from Omelek Island at the U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll in the Central Pacific. According to Elon Musk, founder and CEO of SpaceX, the orbit insertion was "middle of the bull's eye."...
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