Space Exploration Technologies announced the launch window for ATSB's RazakSAT on Falcon 1 Flight 5 is scheduled to open April 20 at 7 p.m. EDT.
It will be the fifth flight of the single-engine rocket.
SpaceX's Falcon 1 launch site is about 2,500 miles southwest of Hawaii on Omelek Island, part of the Reagan Test Site at United States Army Kwajalein Atoll in the central Pacific. Due to the location of the launch site, the Kwajalein local date at the opening of the launch window will be April 21.
RazakSAT was designed and built by Astronautic Technology (M) Sdn Bhd, a pioneer and leader in the design and manufacture of satellites in Malaysia. The satellite will be launched aboard a two-stage, liquid oxygen/rocket-grade kerosene vehicle, designed from the ground up by SpaceX.
Falcon 1 will place RazakSAT, equipped with a high resolution medium-sized aperture camera, into a near equatorial orbit. According to SpaceX, the payload is expected to provide high resolution images of Malaysia that can be applied to land management, resource development and conservation, forestry and fish migration.
SpaceX will provide live coverage of the Falcon 1 Flight 5/RazakSAT mission via Web cast at www.SpaceX.com. The Web cast will begin 20 minutes before launch and will include mission briefings, live feeds and launch coverage from the launch site. Post-launch, video footage and photos will be available for download on the Web site.
The company also plans the first launch of the much larger Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral later this year.
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Good luck Elon and the rest of the SpaceX team!!!!! Let's light this candle! You guys are leading the way for bringing space closer to the common man.
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