MISSION NAME
Meteor SM
Status
Failure
DATE
23 OCT 1995
LAUNCH PROVIDER
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Space Services Inc.
Launch Pad
Launch Area 0 A
Description
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.
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Conestoga 1620
Rocket Description
The Conestoga was a launch vehicle design funded by Space Services Inc. of America (SSIA) of Houston, Texas. Conestoga originally consisted of surplus LGM-30 Minuteman stages with additional strap-on boosters, as required for larger payloads. It was the world's first privately funded commercial rocket, but was launched only three times (once as a modified design) before the program was shut down.