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10K HP: Elon Musk Sent Falcon 1 to Orbit Here
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September 28, 2008. From Omelek Island in the Kwajalein Atoll, Falcon 1 ignites for the fourth time. The first three attempts had ended in failure — engine pressure, stage separation, residual thrust slamming the upper stage into the first. SpaceX had money for one more launch and one only. If Falcon 1 didn't reach orbit, the company was out of cash by Christmas.
Nine minutes later, the second stage achieved orbital velocity. SpaceX became the first privately funded company in history to put a liquid-fuel rocket into orbit. Three months later NASA awarded SpaceX a $1.6B Commercial Resupply Services contract — the cash that paid for Falcon 9.
This is the single launch that saved the company. Six years of mastery, three public failures, one execution under terminal pressure. The 10,000-hour test isn't whether you can perform when conditions are good. It's whether you can perform when failure means the end.
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