Space Services Inc.Conestoga 1620Launch Area 0 A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Meteor SM
Launched
October 23, 1995
Image: NASA
Summary
Meteor SM launched on a Space Services Inc. Conestoga 1620 from Launch Area 0 A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA on October 23, 1995. The mission failed. It was Space Services Inc.'s 1st launch, 1st this year and humanity's 4,024th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Conestoga 1620 flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO).
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Conestoga 1620 · Space Services Inc.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Planetary Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Conestoga 1620 flightSpace Services Inc.'s 1st launch1st this yearhumanity's 4,024th orbital launch attempt63rd orbital launch attempt this year
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About this launch
METEOR (Multiple Experiment Transport to Earth Orbit & Return), formerly COMET (Commercial Experiment Transporter), was a NASA program to develop a commercially available experiment transporter for microgravity experiments over longer periods.
Pad
Launch Area 0 A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
1st launch from Launch Area 0 A, 1st this year · 48th from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
19 launches from this pad · 87 from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
under an hour after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Meteor SM launch?
Meteor SM launched on October 23, 1995. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Meteor SM?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Meteor SM?
Conestoga 1620, flown by Space Services Inc.. Conestoga 1620 spec sheet
Where did Meteor SM launch from?
Launch Area 0 A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA.
What orbit was Meteor SM going to?
Low Earth Orbit (LEO), a planetary science mission.