Sad to see the loss of those two Amateur Radio Cubesats, PreSat http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/formal_detail.asp?serial=120 and NanoSail-D. http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=115
I'm sure we'll see many more launch failures before Falcon eventually provides a reliable service it's the nature of space flight.
Even 'reliable' launchers can still have a 1 in 10 failure rate.
73 Trevor M5AKA
--- On Sun, 3/8/08, Mineo Wakita [email protected] wrote:
From: Mineo Wakita [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] PRESAT, NANOSAIL-D : Failure To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, 3 August, 2008, 10:14 AM No.TypNo Type Date LS Payload
3 1 Falcon-1 03.08.08 F Om Trailblazer / PreSat / Nanosail D / Celestis 07 planned launches
4 2 Falcon-1 xx.xx.08 Om RazakSat 1 / Cubesats Falcon-1 xx.3Q.09 Om Argo Falcon-1 xx.4Q.09 Om (SpaceDev)
Failures: 3: Stage separation failure (Version 1st flight, Failure)
Launch Sites
CC Cape Canaveral SLC-36A Om Omelek Island, Kwajalein, Marshall Islands Va Vandenberg SLC-3W
Last update: 03.08.2008
Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
__________________________________________________________ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html