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

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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 ⓘ