Athena I | Gemstar DSS-1
Status: Failure | Launched: Aug 15, 1995 22:30 UTC
Launch Provider & Rocket
- Provider: Lockheed Martin (Commercial)
- Rocket: Athena I — Athena family
Mission
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).
- Type: Communications
- Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Launch Site
- Pad: Space Launch Complex 6
- Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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Launch data sourced automatically from the Launch Library 2 API. Last refreshed: 2026-08-22T21:02:10.804714+00:00.