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Athena I
Launched 1999-01-27 00:34:02 UTCSpace Launch Complex 46, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
2nd
orbital launch attempt in 1999
Lockheed Martin
1st
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 46
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
384 d 22 h
since the pad's previous launch
The mission objective of ROCSAT-1 (Republic of China Satellite 1) is to develop, launch, and operate a low earth orbit satellite, and to conduct three scientific and technology experiments in the areas of ocean color imaging, space telecommunication, and solar-terrestrial physics.
Lockheed Martin's Space Division started in the production of missiles and later ICBM's in the 1950s. Their TITAN missile system was used for 12 Gemini spacecraft and the Voyager probes. They have worked largely in collaboration with NASA on many of their probes, landers, and spacecraft, and hope to play a key role in NASA's return to the moon in 2024.
Launches
80
Successful
77
96%
Upcoming
0
scheduled
Height
18.9m
Diameter
2.4m
To low Earth orbit
820kg
Liftoff thrust
1,900kN
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