Rocket Test Successful

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Muhammed El-Hasan
on November 24, 2008 5:06 PM | | Comments (0) |

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., the Hawthorne-based developer of low-cost rockets, said Monday that it conducted a full mission-length firing of its Falcon 9 launch vehicle's first stage, a significant milestone for the experimental rocket.

The test was conducted Nov. 22 at McGregor Test Facility in Texas.

The test firing lasted 178 seconds, or nearly three minutes, simulating the climb of the giant rocket from the surface of the Earth towards orbit.

The company known as SpaceX said the test firing validated its design for the nine-engine Falcon 9 on the first stage.

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