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Athena II
Launched 1999-04-27 18:22:01 UTCSpace Launch Complex 6, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
No cause has been given yet.
Launch failure
Target: Polar Orbit
Athena II lifted off with Ikonos 1, but the launch failed.
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Earth observation satellite developed by Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems. The launch failed when the payload shroud of the Athena-2 launch vehicle failed to separate.
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.
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Height
28.2m
Diameter
2.4m
To low Earth orbit
2,065kg
Liftoff thrust
1,900kN
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