Conestoga 1620 – Space Services Inc.
- Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 1179 kg
The Conestoga 1620, manufactured by Space Services Inc. established in unknown year, undertook its inaugural launch on 10/23/1995. Notably, Conestoga 1620 has 0 successful launches and 1 failed attempts, with a cumulative tally of 1 launches, currently with 0 pending launches in the pipeline.
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.
