{"id":726,"date":"2008-06-26T16:23:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-26T16:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/2008\/06\/26\/spacex-conducts-static-test-firing-of-next-falcon-1-rocket\/"},"modified":"2008-06-26T16:23:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-26T16:23:00","slug":"spacex-conducts-static-test-firing-of-next-falcon-1-rocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/2008\/06\/26\/spacex-conducts-static-test-firing-of-next-falcon-1-rocket\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX Conducts Static Test Firing of Next Falcon 1 Rocket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to a press release I received today, SpaceX conducted a static test firing of its next Falcon 1 rocket:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Hawthorne CA \u2013 Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) successfully conducted a full launch dress rehearsal and hold down firing of the Falcon 1 Flight 3 vehicle on June 25, 2008 (Marshall Island Time) on Omelek Island, SpaceX\u2019s launch site at the Kwajalein Atoll. This test is the final step before launch of the Falcon 1 rocket. <\/p>\n<p>This marks the first launch pad firing of SpaceX\u2019s new Merlin 1C regeneratively cooled engine, which operated at full power with only the hold-down system restraining the rocket from flight. In the coming weeks, SpaceX will conduct a thorough review of all data prior to the opening of the launch window for flight, which runs from late July through early September. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class='kindleWidget kindleLight' ><img src=\"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/plugins\/send-to-kindle\/media\/white-15.png\" \/><span>Send to Kindle<\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a press release I received today, SpaceX conducted a static test firing of its next Falcon 1 rocket: Hawthorne CA \u2013 Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) successfully conducted a full launch dress rehearsal and hold down firing of &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/2008\/06\/26\/spacex-conducts-static-test-firing-of-next-falcon-1-rocket\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}