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Athena (LLV / LMLV)
 Athena-1 (GemStar 1) [Lockheed Martin] |
 Athena-2 (Lunar Prospector) [NASA] |
 Athena-2cS-6 [AAC] |
→ complete list of all Peacekeeper / Castor-120 based rockets
| Version | Strap-On | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athena-1 (LLV-1, LMLV-1) | - | Castor-120 | Orbus-21D | OAM / 4 × MR-107 | - |
| Athena-1c | - | Castor-120 | Castor-30 | OAM / 4 × MR-107 | - |
| Athena-2 (LLV-2, LMLV-2) | - | Castor-120 | Castor-120 | Orbus-21D | OAM / 4 × MR-107 |
| Athena-2c | - | Castor-120 | Castor-120 | Castor-30 | OAM / 4 × MR-107 |
| Athena-3-2 | 2 × Castor-4A | Castor-120 | Castor-120 | Orbus-21D | OAM / 4 × MR-107 |
| Athena-3-4 | 4 × Castor-4A | Castor-120 | Castor-120 | Orbus-21D | OAM / 4 × MR-107 |
| Athena-3-6 | 6 × Castor-4A | Castor-120 | Castor-120 | Orbus-21D | OAM / 4 × MR-107 |
| Athena-2cS-2 | 2 × Orion-50SXLG | Castor-120 | Castor-120 | Castor-30 | OAM / 4 × MR-107 |
| Athena-2cS-4 | 4 × Orion-50SXLG | Castor-120 | Castor-120 | Castor-30 | OAM / 4 × MR-107 |
| Athena-2cS-6 | 6 × Orion-50SXLG | Castor-120 | Castor-120 | Castor-30 | OAM / 4 × MR-107 |
| Performance (kg) | LEO | LPEO | SSO | GTO | GEO | MolO | IP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athena-1 (LMLV-1) | 795 | 515 | - | - | |||
| Athena-1c | 760 | 470 | - | - | |||
| Athena-2 (LMLV-2) | 1985 | 1490 | 593 | - | |||
| Athena-2c | 1885 | 1295 | - | ||||
| Athena-3-2 (LMLV-3-2) | - | ||||||
| Athena-3-4 (LMLV-3-4) | - | ||||||
| Athena-3-6 (LMLV-3-6) | 3655 | 2855 | 1136 | - | |||
| Athena-2cS-2 | 2675 | 1895 | - | ||||
| Athena-2cS-4 | 3520 | 2525 | - | ||||
| Athena-2cS-6 | 4190 | 3030 | - |
No: Serial Type Date LS Payload
1 1 DLV LLV-1 (Athena-1) 15.08.1995 F Va SLC-6 GemStar 1 (VitaSat 1) 2 2 LM-2 LMLV-1 (Athena-1) 23.08.1997 Va SLC-6 Lewis (SSTI 1) 3 1 LM-4 Athena-2 07.01.1998 CC SLC-46 Lunar Prospector (Discovery 3) [Star-Stage-3700S] 4 3 LM-6 Athena-1 27.01.1999 CC SLC-46 ROCSAT 1 5 2 LM-5 Athena-2 27.04.1999 F Va SLC-6 Ikonos (1) 6 3 LM-7 Athena-2 24.09.1999 Va SLC-6 Ikonos 1 7 4 LM-1 Athena-1 30.09.2001 Kd LP-1 Starshine 3 / PICOSat (P97-1) / PCSat 1 / SAPPHIRE On the first two launches, the vehicle was called LLV-1 and LMLV-1 respectively Launch sites: CC = Spaceport Florida, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USAKd = Kodiak Launch Complex, Kodiak Island, Narrow Cape, Alaska, USA
