Athena II

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Athena II is a retired American small expendable launch vehicle developed by Lockheed Martin for placing payloads into low Earth orbit and beyond.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Athena II canonical 3
Athena IIc 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf expendable launch vehicle
small-lift launch vehicle
alsoKnownAs Lockheed Martin Athena II
capability placing payloads beyond low Earth orbit
placing payloads into low Earth orbit
countryOfOrigin United States
developer Lockheed Martin
enteredService 1998
failedLaunches 0
family Athena rocket family
firstFlightDate 1998-01-07
firstFlightLaunchSite Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 46
firstFlightPayload Lunar Prospector
lastFlightDate 1999-09-24
lastFlightLaunchSite Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 6
launchServiceProvider Lockheed Martin
launchSitesUsed Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 46
Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 6
launchVehicleType all-solid launch vehicle
manufacturer Lockheed Martin
notableMission Lunar Prospector mission to the Moon
linked to: Lunar Prospector
numberOfStages 3
operator Lockheed Martin Astronautics
propellantType solid fuel
retiredFromService 1999
stage1Engine Castor 120
stage2Engine Castor 120
stage3Engine Orbus 21D
status retired
successfulLaunches 3
successor Athena IIc
linked to: Athena II
totalLaunches 3
upperStage Orbus 21D
usedFor NASA science missions
commercial satellite launches

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lunar Prospector launchVehicle Athena II
Athena II successor Athena IIc
linked to: Athena II
Athena I successor Athena II