RatSat, with a SpaceX sticker and its mission logo
Mission type
Launch demonstration
Operator
SpaceX
COSPAR ID
2008-048A
SATCAT no.
33393
Mission duration
15 years, 8 months (in orbit)
Spacecraft properties
Manufacturer
SpaceX
Launch mass
165 kg (364 lb)[1]
Dimensions
1.5 m (4.9 ft) in length
Start of mission
Launch date
28 September 2008, 23:15 (2008-09-28UTC23:15Z) UTC
Rocket
Falcon 1
Launch site
Omelek Island
Contractor
SpaceX
Orbital parameters
Regime
Low Earth orbit
Perigee altitude
617 kilometers (383 mi)[2]
Apogee altitude
635 kilometers (395 mi)[2]
Inclination
9.35°[2]
Period
97.09 minutes[2]
Epoch
24 January 2015, 18:58:23 UTC[2]
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RazakSAT →
RatSat[1]: 184 or DemoSat[3]
is an aluminum mass simulator on the fourth flight of the Falcon 1 rocket, launched on 28 September 2008. Ratsat[4] remained bolted to the second stage of the carrier rocket after reaching low Earth orbit.[5] It is an aluminium alloy chamber in hexagonal prism shape with 1.5 m (5 ft) length.[6]
The Falcon 1 launch that carried Ratsat to orbit was the first successful orbital launch of any privately funded and developed, liquid-propellant carrier rocket, the SpaceX Falcon 1, something only six nations had successfully accomplished previously.[7]
The launch, identified as Falcon 1 Flight 4, was conducted by SpaceX, and also marked the first time the Falcon 1 rocket successfully achieved orbit, after three consecutive failures on the three previous launch attempts.[8]
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^"DemoSat, NSSDC ID: 2008-048A". NASA NSSDC. 2008-09-28. Archived from the original on 2020-10-24. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
^McDowell, Jonathan (2008-09-26). "Issue 601". Jonathan's Space Report. Archived from the original on 2009-08-26. Retrieved 2008-09-29.
^Clark, Stephen (2008-09-27). "SpaceX to launch its fourth Falcon 1 rocket on Sunday". Spaceflight Now. Archived from the original on 2008-12-19. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
^"Press Release: SpaceX Successfully Launches Falcon 1 to Orbit". Archived from the original on 2013-01-26. Retrieved 2008-09-29.
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^Malik, Tariq; Berger, Brian (2008-08-06). "SpaceX Traces Third Rocket Failure to Timing Error". Space.com. Archived from the original on 2008-09-25. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
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