Athena I

The two-stage Athena, flown from 1995 to 2001. Its first flight fails, and later flights launch NASA's Lewis and Taiwan's Formosat-1.

Launches

4

Success rate

75%

1 failure

First flight

15 August 1995

Gemstar DSS-1

Last flight

30 September 2001

Starshine-OSCAR-43

Builder

LM

Height

18.9 m

Diameter

2.4 m

Stages

3

Propellants

Solid, Hydrazine

Payload to LEO

820 kg

Payload to SSO

360 kg