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Athena I
Launched 1997-08-23 06:51:01 UTCSpace Launch Complex 6, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
46th
orbital launch attempt in 1997
Lockheed Martin
4th
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 6
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
738 d 8 h
since the pad's previous launch
Lewis was one of two missions selected under NASA's SSTI (Small Spacecraft Technology Initiative) program to demonstrate advanced spacecraft technologies (11 July 1994).
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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