Conestoga

Conestoga is one of the first privately developed American launchers, built by Space Services Inc. from Castor solid motors. Its only orbital attempt, in October 1995 with the Meteor microgravity payload, ends in failure.

Launches

1

Success rate

0%

1 failure

First flight

23 October 1995

Meteor SM

Builder

SSI

Height

15.2 m

Diameter

1 m

Stages

3

Boosters

4 × Castor 4B

Propellants

Solid

Payload to LEO

1,179 kg