Lockheed MartinAthena ISpace Launch Complex 6, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Lewis
Launched
August 23, 1997
Image: NASA/Kennedy Space Center Expendable Vehicle Directorate
Summary
Lewis launched on a Lockheed Martin Athena I from Space Launch Complex 6, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on August 23, 1997. It was Lockheed Martin's 26th launch, 4th this year and humanity's 4,164th orbital launch attempt. It was the 2nd Athena I flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Lewis, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 297 × 313 km orbit inclined 97.6°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Athena I · Lockheed Martin
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 2nd Athena I flight · 1st this yearLockheed Martin's 26th launch4th this yearhumanity's 4,164th orbital launch attempt46th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Lewis · NORAD 24909 · 1997-044 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- SSTI LEWIS
- Object ID
- 1997-044A
- Epoch
- 1997-08-23 07:48:16 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.9164513 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0012406
- Inclination
- 97.5672°
- Ascending node
- 129.1917°
- Arg. of perigee
- 241.735°
- Mean anomaly
- 118.2672°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit
- Lewis · NORAD 24909 · re-entered September 28, 1997
LMLV-1 LM-002 OAM · re-entered October 13, 1997
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Lewis was one of two missions selected under NASA's SSTI (Small Spacecraft Technology Initiative) program to demonstrate advanced spacecraft technologies (11 July 1994).
Pad
Space Launch Complex 6, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
2nd launch from Space Launch Complex 6, 1st this year · 575th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
14 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
about 2 years after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Lewis launch?
Lewis launched on August 23, 1997. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Lewis?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Lewis?
Athena I, flown by Lockheed Martin. Athena I spec sheet
Where did Lewis launch from?
Space Launch Complex 6, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did Lewis reach?
Lewis, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 297 × 313 km orbit inclined 97.6°.
How many satellites did Lewis launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).