The Falcon 1 Flight-003 Jumpstart Mission Integration Summary

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In 2007, following Demonstration Flight 2 - Falcon 1’s second demonstration mission, SpaceX declared Falcon 1 ready to exit the demonstration program and upgraded the vehicle to operational status. The mission was sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the US Air Force (USAF) with objectives centered on testing the vehicle in flight, gathering data and retiring technical risk prior to the first operational flight. This flight resulted in retiring significant risks in both the ground and flight systems. A review of the successes and achievements which led to the decision to go operational is presented along with a description of the interim upgrades made to the vehicle in support of subsequent missions. In 2008, the Jumpstart Mission will be the third flight of the Falcon 1 launch vehicle developed by Space Exploration Technologies in Hawthorne, CThere are two primary customers for this mission; one is the Department of Defense’s Operationally Responsive

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