Rocket file · LV-273
Conestoga 1620
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Conestoga 1620 is an expendable launch vehicle built by Space Services Inc.. It lifts 1,179 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 23 October 1995. It has flown 1 times with 0 successes, a success rate of 0.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.
Specification
Vehicle spec sheet
As listed by Launch Library 2. The cost is Launch Library’s figure, not a quoted price. Figures for rockets outside the sixty most-flown were last read on 2026-11-05.
Flight record
Reliability
About Conestoga 1620
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.
Upcoming flights
Manifest
Conestoga 1620 is retired, and no flight is filed.
All upcoming launchesConestoga 1620 in the archive
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Common questions
- How many times has Conestoga 1620 flown?
- 1 times, with 0 successes and 1 failures.
- What is Conestoga 1620's success rate?
- 0.0%. That's 0 successful flights out of 1 attempts.
- How much can Conestoga 1620 lift to orbit?
- Launch Library 2 lists Conestoga 1620 at 1,179 kg to low Earth orbit.
- Is Conestoga 1620 reusable?
- No. Launch Library 2 lists Conestoga 1620 as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.