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Conestoga
Conestoga
Conestoga
American low cost orbital launch vehicle, designed and developed with support of former astronaut Deke Slayton and other ex-NASA engineers in the 1990's. Funding was not forthcoming to complete development.

Status: Retired 1995. Payload: 890 kg (1,960 lb). Thrust: 173,830.00 kN (39,078,530 lbf). Gross mass: 87,407 kg (192,699 lb). Height: 15.24 m (49.99 ft). Diameter: 1.24 m (4.06 ft).

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Conestoga 1620 American all-solid orbital launch vehicle. Four stage vehicle consisting of 4 x Castor 4B + 2 x Castor 4B + 1 x Castor 4B + 1 x Star 48V

Conestoga-1379 American all solid propellant suborbital launch vehicle.

Conestoga-1679 American all solid propellant suborbital launch vehicle.

Family: LCLVs, low cost, orbital launch vehicle. Country: USA. Spacecraft: Meteor (USA). Stages: Star 48. Agency: EER. Bibliography: 2, 42.

1995 October 23 - . 22:03 GMT - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Complex: Wallops Island LA0A. LV Family: Conestoga. Launch Vehicle: Conestoga 1620. FAILURE: Noise in guidance system led to excessive steering of one of the booster motors and finally depletion of the motor's hydraulic fluid. The vehicle went out of control at T+46 seconds.. Failed Stage: G.

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