Athena Ic and Iic Space Launch Vehicles

Athena Ic and IIc Space Launch Vehicles

Lockheed Martin Alliant Techsystems (ATK) Gregory Kehrl Matt Steele 303-514-9548 801-251-3540 [email protected] [email protected]

92-in. Payload The two-stage Athena Ic and Fairing three-stage Athena IIc launch Payload vehicles incorporate the flight- Adapter proven CASTOR 120® first Orbit Adjust and second stages with the new Module CASTOR 30® upper stage and CASTOR 30® upgrades to electronic systems.

Upper The Lockheed Martin/ATK team bring their unmatched depth and experience to this new partnership. Drawing on over Interstage 40 years of experience with expendable launch vehicle systems, the Athena team provides a reliable and cost-effective means Lunar- and multi-satellite capability to precisely deliver small payloads to Earth orbit.

Both Athena Ic Modernized CASTOR 120® Second Stage and IIc provide a 92-in. payload Athena Ic and IIc Space Launch Vehicles fairing that accommodates a wide range Lockheed Martin Corporation and O 1,016 (40) of spacecraft: Alliant Techsystems (ATK) have teamed to Athena Provides Lower 2,029 2,017 NASA’s Lunar offer launch services utilizing upgraded and Interstage (79.9) O 1,026 (79.4) Unique Customer Benefits (40.4) Prospector modernized Athena rockets. • 100% domestic content improves sustained availability with TLI stage • Inherent simplicity increases reliability and NASA’s Based on the flight-proven Athena Ic O 2,103 • Responsiveness: (82.8) Kodiak Star, a and Athena IIc, these vehicles are designed to O 2,108 – 99% probability of favorable winds aloft at launch vs 25% (83.0) multiple payload provide reliable access to space for small CASTOR 120® 2,276 2,263 mission, shown for liquid propulsion systems (89.6) (89.1) payloads to a wide range of orbits. First Stage above. Flight – Faster launch recycle time than liquid propulsion proven payload The Athena launch vehicle family • Lowest Life Cycle Cost of all propulsion options adapters include – Long-term storage with minimal maintenance combines both companies’ heritage and CASTOR 30® static fire success M66 PLA 38-in., 47-in., – Low ground support and equipment infrastructure 66-in. and expertise to provide reliable launch services Dynamic Static requirements for maintenance and launch Envelope, Envelope, multi-satellite at an affordable price. mm (in.) mm (in.) dispensers. • Operational deployment demands Athena IIc Athena is available for launches – Easily maintained in a high state of readiness beginning in 2012, with a payload lift capability – Solid propulsion has decades of demonstrated 24/7 alert that supports NASA, the Department of Defense status capability (DoD) and commercial mission requirements.

First-generation Athena I and II rockets became operational in 1995 and have flown seven times. Athena II launched the Lunar Prospector to the moon in 1998 and remains the only commercially developed launch vehicle to fly a lunar mission.

Athena Ic and IIc Launch Vehicles Provide Assured Performance Athena Ic and IIc can be launched from multiple locations • Suborbital and ballistic lift capability available for special including Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Kodiak customer needs such as test demonstrations. Launch Complex, Vandenberg Air Force Base, and NASA Wallops Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport.