Spacex cancels Falcon 1 launch until 2006
{{date|December 19, 2005}}
[[Image:TacSat-1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|TacSat-1 spacecraft (scheduled for SpaceX's second launch)]]
Rocket company [[SpaceX]], notorious for repeatedly pre-announcing its first flight on Wikinews, cancels its latest attempt and defers further flights until 2006.

This latest launch attempt on the 19th December was cancelled due to structural issues with the first-stage fuel tank of the Falcon 1 rocket. An electrical fault caused a valve to shut inappropriately, and as fuel drained out a vacuum was created causing the side of the fuel tank to buckle inwards.

== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://www.spacex.com/updates.php
|title=SpaceX Updates
|author=Dianne Molina
|pub=SpaceX
|date=December 19, 2005}}
*{{source|url=http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051219/BREAKINGNEWS/51219009|title=Falcon 1 launch off until 2006|author=|pub=Florida Today|date=20th Dec 2005}}.
*{{source|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/13444218.htm|title=California company scrubs first launch of new Falcon rocket again|author=[[Associated Press|AP]]|pub=Mercury News|date=20th Dec 2005}}.

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[[Category:Falcon 1]]
TacSat-1 spacecraft (scheduled for SpaceX's second launch)
Rocket company SpaceX, notorious for repeatedly pre-announcing its first flight on Wikinews, cancels its latest attempt and defers further flights until 2006.

This latest launch attempt on the 19th December was cancelled due to structural issues with the first-stage fuel tank of the Falcon 1 rocket. An electrical fault caused a valve to shut inappropriately, and as fuel drained out a vacuum was created causing the side of the fuel tank to buckle inwards.
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