Historical Events tagged with "liquid_fuel"
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Space Exploration
Falcon 1 Launches Successfully into Orbit
September 28th, 2008 16 years ago
Falcon 1, developed by SpaceX, successfully entered orbit with its RatSat mission. Launched from Omelek Island in the Marshall Islands, this milestone made Falcon 1 the first privately developed liquid-fuel rocket to deliver payload to orbit. Elon Musk's SpaceX achieved this significant feat, marking a new era in space exploration, aimed at reducing the cost of access to space and fostering private sector involvement in the space industry.
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