Launch Alert | StriX 6
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Success
Fri Sep 24 1999
Lockheed Martin

Ikonos

Launch Successful
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW

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Rocket Details

Name:

Athena II

Description:

The Athena II is an American small expendable launch system which was used for three launches between 1998 and 1999.

Athena II rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Earth Science
  • Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems, an operating unit of Missiles & Space, has revolutionized the space-based imagery market with the development of the first commercial satellite capable of resolving objects on the ground as small as one meter in diameter. The company is providing a spacecraft, designated IKONOS 1, for Space Imaging, Thornton, CO, which offers high-resolution imagery of the Earth to customers around the world.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 6