Launch Mission: CASSIOPE
Date: 9/29/2013
✅ Successful Launch
🧾 Mission Details
Flight #: 11
Details: Commercial mission and first Falcon 9 v1.1 flight, with improved 13-tonne to LEO capacity. Following second-stage separation from the first stage, an attempt was made to perform an ocean touchdown test of the discarded booster vehicle. The test provided good test data on the experiment-its primary objective-but as the booster neared the ocean, aerodynamic forces caused an uncontrollable roll. The center engine, depleted of fuel by centrifugal force, shut down resulting in the impact and destruction of the vehicle.
🚀 Rocket Details
Type: rocket
📍 Launchpad Details
Name: Vandenberg Space Force Base Space Launch Complex 4E
Location: Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
Launchpad Details Page🛰️ Cores
- Core Serial: B1003 — Reuse Count: 0View Core
🧑🚀 Payloads
- Payload: CASSIOPE — Mass: 500 kgView Payload
🚢 Ships Involved
- Name: American Spirit — Type: CargoView Ship