In orbitRocket body

FALCON 1 R/B

NORAD: 35579
COSPAR: 2009-037B

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Spacecraft

Built by: SpaceX
Owner: SpaceX
Platform (bus): Falcon 1 St 2
Main engine: Kestrel
Mass at launch: 500 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Dry mass: 500 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Length: 4.5 m
Diameter: 1.7 m
Span with arrays and booms: 4.5 m
Shape: Cyl + Nozzle

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S35579, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2009-07-14
Rocket: Falcon 1
Flight: Razaksat
Mission name: MACSat
Launch site: KMR, OM
Launched by: SpaceX
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 2009-037

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2009-037, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 2009-07-14
Period: 96.7 min
Inclination: 9.04°
Apogee: 625 km
Perigee: 573 km
Radar cross-section: 3.4433 m²

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Catalogued pieces that came from it: 1

Everything from this launch

Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit