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== Launch sites == [[File:Falcon_1_Flight.jpg|thumb|right|Falcon 1 first flight attempt with NASA partnership cargo at Omelek Island launchpad]] All flights were launched from [[Kwajalein|Kwajalein Atoll]] using the SpaceX launch facility on [[Omelek Island]] and [[rocket range|range]] facilities of the [[Reagan Test Site]]. [[Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 3]]W was the original launch site for Falcon 1, but it was abandoned at the test-fire stage due to persistent schedule conflicts with adjacent launch pads.<ref> {{cite web |first=Brian|last=Berger|date=January 9, 2006|url=http://www.space.com/spacenews/archive05/Falcon_010906.html |title=SpaceX To Try Again Feb. 9 |publisher=Space News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060308182932/http://www.space.com/spacenews/archive05/Falcon_010906.html|archive-date=March 8, 2006|url-status=dead}} </ref> [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40]] (the Falcon 9 pad) was considered for Falcon 1 launches but never developed before Falcon 1 was retired.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kelly |first=John |url=http://www.floridatoday.com/content/blogs/space/2007/04/spacex-cleared-for-cape-launches.html |title=SpaceX cleared for Cape launches |publisher=Florida Today |date=April 25, 2007}}</ref>
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