1995 · Lockheed Martin
Gemstar DSS-1
failureAthena I | Gemstar DSS-1
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).
Overview
- Date / time
- August 15, 1995 at 10:30 PM UTC
- Outcome
- failure
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 6
- Mission
- Gemstar DSS-1
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit