August 3rd - on this day in 2008, SpaceX conducted the third launch of its Falcon 1 launch vehicle from the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site on Omelek Island in the Marshall Islands. The rocket carried the Trailblazer technology demonstrator for the United States Air Force and the Missile Defense Agency. Riding along as rideshare payloads were the PRESat and Nanosail-D CubeSats. After a nominal first stage flight, the first and second stages collided during stage separation due