Investor Brief
Ownership
Country
🇲🇭Marshall Islands
Region
Oceania
Established
1,945
Launches / Year
2,009
Years Active
81
Strategic Position
9.0479° N, 167.7430° E
About
The United States' primary Pacific missile-test and space-surveillance range, and the historic site of the first privately funded orbital launch: SpaceX's Falcon 1 reached orbit from Omelek Island on 2008-09-28. Redesignated from Reagan Test Site to Ronald Reagan Space and Missile Test Range under the FY2026 NDAA (announced 2026-04-20). The orbital pad has been dormant since Falcon 1 operations ended; the range remains active for missile-defense testing and space-domain awareness.
Key Features
Birthplace of commercial orbital launch — Omelek Island, Falcon 1, 2008-09-28
Terminal impact/instrumentation zone for US ICBM tests fired from Vandenberg (~4,200 miles)
Five-radar sensor complex (TRADEX, ALTAIR, ALCOR, MMW, GBR-P) — a major space-domain-awareness node
~750,000 sq mi of instrumented Pacific range
Rockets That Launch Here
Companies Operating Here
Orbit Types
Notable Launches
Falcon 1 Flight 4 (2008-09-28) — first privately funded liquid-propellant rocket to reach orbit