The story of Malaysia being the ‘savior’ of Elon Musk’s SpaceX has gone viral
Recently, the partnership on platform
The share uploaded by X user @Zac_labs claims that Malaysia played a crucial role in ensuring SpaceX’s survival in the early stages of its founding, when the company was facing a serious financial crisis.
According to the partnership, the first three launches of the Falcon 1 rocket between 2006 and 2008 all ended in failure.
The situation caused SpaceX to be on the verge of bankruptcy, and it is said that some of the company’s employees cried after the failure of the third launch for fear that the company would not be able to continue operations.
Hope shone again when the fourth Falcon 1 launch in September 2008 successfully entered orbit carrying a test payload known as RatSat.
However, this success was not enough to save the company because SpaceX had not yet found commercial customers who were willing to use their services.
Malaysia ‘savior’ of SpaceX?
This is where Malaysia is said to appear as a ‘savior’.
Based on this partnership, Malaysia then looked for a reliable and more cost-effective option to launch the RazakSAT satellite into low equatorial orbit.
This effort is said to have started when Dr. Ahmad Sabirin contacted Elon Musk on Christmas Day 2003 to discuss the possibility of using SpaceX’s services to launch the country’s satellite.
A meeting between the two parties then took place in El Segundo, California, before a series of discussions resulted in an agreement to launch RazakSAT using a Falcon 1 rocket from Omelek Island, on Kwajalein Atoll.
On July 14, 2009, RazakSAT was successfully launched on the fifth and final Falcon 1 mission. The launch was not only the last flight of its rocket, but also made history as SpaceX’s first commercial launch.
Even more proud, the Gemilang Path is also displayed on the body of the Falcon 1 rocket as a symbol of cooperation between Malaysia and SpaceX.
The partnership also claims that payments from the RazakSAT launch project help SpaceX pay workers’ salaries as the company faces the most difficult period in its history.
“Payments from the RazakSAT launch project are said to help SpaceX pay the salaries of its workers when the company is going through its most challenging moments. At the same time, Malaysia successfully launched its satellite into orbit.
“A collaboration that benefits both parties,” the partnership wrote.
Sharing also joked that to commemorate the service, Elon Musk should visit Malaysia one day.
“Given that history, maybe it’s time for Elon Musk to stop by Malaysia.
“Ask someone to hold a glass of Teh Tarik for another handshake session with Dr. Ahmad Sabirin, as happened in 2004,” he added.
Elon Musk ‘enters’ the comments section
What’s more interesting for the virtual community is that the partnership also received a reaction from Elon Musk himself.
“That’s right,” wrote the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, as if confirming the claim that Malaysia played an important role in the early history of SpaceX’s success.
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