Athena II

The three-stage Athena, flown in 1998 and 1999. It sends Lunar Prospector to the Moon, loses the first Ikonos and launches the second, the first commercial satellite to take one-meter images.

Launches

3

Success rate

67%

1 failure

First flight

7 January 1998

Lunar Prospector

Last flight

24 September 1999

Ikonos

Builder

LM

Height

28.2 m

Diameter

2.4 m

Stages

4

Propellants

Solid, Hydrazine

Payload to LEO

2,065 kg

Payload to SSO

1,165 kg

Payload to GTO

593 kg