Conestoga 1620
In-activeSpace Services Inc. ()
Oct. 23, 1995
Description
The Conestoga was a launch vehicle design funded by Space Services Inc. of America (SSIA) of Houston, Texas. Conestoga originally consisted of surplus LGM-30 Minuteman stages with additional strap-on boosters, as required for larger payloads. It was the world's first privately funded commercial rocket, but was launched only three times (once as a modified design) before the program was shut down.
Specifications
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Stages
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Thrust
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Family
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Name
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Full Name
Conestoga 1620
Payload Capacity
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Low Earth Orbit
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Geostationary Transfer
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Direct Geostationary
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Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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Space Services Inc.
Commercial
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Space Services, Inc. of America (SSIA) is a space services company that provides star naming services as well as space burial services through its subsidiary company, Celestis.
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Oct. 23, 1995, 10:03 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
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