Conestoga Flight History (1995)
             Page 1 of 1:  Includes Failure History   
         L(F) = Number of Launches(Number of Failures)  

       Conestoga
Year     L(F)       L(F)       L(F)       L(F)       L(F)       
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1990      - 
1991      - 
1992      - 
1993      - 
1994      - 
1995     1(1)
1996      - 
1997      - 
1998      - 
1999      - 
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      Conestoga
         L(F)       L(F)       L(F)       L(F)       L(F) 
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Total    1(1)
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                     Conestoga

Conestoga 1620 was 4-stage vehicle by EER Systems Inc. designed to 
boost 900 kg to low earth orbit had the following stage motors.

Stg 1:  4 x Castor 4B 
Stg 2:  2 x Castor 4B
Stg 3:  1 x Castor 4B
Stg 4:  1 x Star 48V  


              List of Conestoga Launches

Date        Vehicle         ID  Site      Payload    Result#
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10/23/1995  Conestoga 1620  F1  WI LA0A   Meteor 1    [FTO]  
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[F1] Guidance sys failed, destroyed at 45s, 11 km 




Footnotes:
#  FTO:  Failed to Orbit
   FSO*:  Failed Suborbital
  (EEO):  Unintended Eliptical Earth Orbit
  (GTO):  Unintended Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit
  (LEO):  Unintended/Improper Low Earth Orbit

References:

Jonathan's Space Report Launch Vehicle Database at 
   "http://www.planet4589.org/space/lvdb/index.html"
Encylopedia Astronautica "http://www.astronautix.com/"
Gunter's Space Page "http://www.skyrocket.de/space"

Last Update 2/2/2004 by Ed Kyle