Space launch
Falcon 1: first commercial launch, carrying the RazakSAT satellite
July 14, 2009
On 14 July 2009 the fifth and final Falcon 1 flight placed the Malaysian RazakSAT satellite into orbit from Omelek. It was the Falcon 1's first launch for an actual commercial customer and the only one of the five flights to carry an operational contracted payload, following the successful 2008 demonstration flight.