flown missionFailure
Athena I | Gemstar DSS-1
Lockheed MartinSpace Launch Complex 6 — Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
mission
- Name
- Gemstar DSS-1
- Type
- Communications
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
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).
schedule
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Athena I
- Family
- Athena
- Variant
- I
- Provider
- Lockheed Martin
- Type
- Commercial
- Country
- USA
launch site
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 6
- Location
- Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Coordinates
- 34.5815, -120.6262