Lockheed Martin

Ikonos 1

Athena II

FAILURE
Failure

Tuesday, April 27, 1999 · 18:22 UTC

Mission

/01

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.

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Polar Orbit (PO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Failure

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Athena II

Variant: II

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 6

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

34.581° N, 120.626° W

3

Pad Launches

591

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42

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22

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