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Conestoga · 1620

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.

Height

Diameter

LEO capacity

1,179 kg

Manufacturer

Space Services Inc.

Total launches

1

Successful

0

Pending

0

Successful landings

0

Flight system

Built to move mass beyond the atmosphere.

Space Services, Inc. of America (SSIA) is a space services company that provides star naming services as well as space burial services through its subsidiary company, Celestis.