LaunchesGemstar DSS-1
Lockheed MartinFAILURE
Gemstar DSS-1
Athena I · Communications
1995Space Launch Complex 6, Vandenberg
Mission
The CTA GEMStar 1 (VITASAT 1) satellite partially sponsored by Volunteers In Technical Assistance (VITA) of Arlington Virginia, was launched at 2230 UTC from Vandenberg AFB on the 15-Aug-95, but a second stage failure destroyed the first flight of the Lockheed LLV-1 launch vehicle (later dubbed Athena-1).
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- Lockheed Martin
- Rocket
- Athena I
- Orbit
- LEO
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 6
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2