LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Fri Sep 24 1999
Lockheed Martin
Ikonos
Launch Successful
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW
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Rocket Details
Name:
Athena IIDescription:
The Athena II is an American small expendable launch system which was used for three launches between 1998 and 1999.
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