Editing SpaceDev (section)

== Trailblazer ==

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SpaceDev manufactured the Trailblazer satellite selected by the [[Operationally Responsive Space Office]] for its Jumpstart mission. Trailblazer was a [[Miniaturized satellite#Microsatellite|microsatellite]] developed under a [[Missile Defense Agency]] contract. After being launched Trailblazer would have collected image data and communicated with a [[ground station]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/launch_data/launch_details/index.cfm?launchId=687 |title=Launch Details - Trailblazer / Falcon 1 |publisher=FAA}}</ref>

Trailblazer was the primary payload for the third attempted flight of a [[Falcon 1]] launch vehicle. The launch was attempted on August 3, 2008, and ended in failure, with loss of both vehicle and payload.<ref>{{cite news|title=Trailblazer Out with Falcon 1 Failure |author=<!--none--> |date=August 6, 2008 |url=https://www.airandspaceforces.com/trailblazeroutwithfalcon1failure/ |publisher=Air&Space Forces Magazine |access-date=March 10, 2025}}</ref>

TrailBlazer was researched, designed, assembled, tested and packed for shipping almost entirely at the Poway SpaceDev location.  With a team of about 25 employees working around the clock, the satellite was assembled and ready for launch in just under 4 months, thus meeting their advanced deadline, winning their opportunity for launch and as far as anyone else is able to substantiate, now holds the record for assembly of a launched spacecraft.{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}}