Athena-2 Launch History

Every orbital and deep-space launch attempt by the Athena-2, year by year, drawn from the GCAT launch catalog.

Data current as of 2026-07-20.

Athena-2 made 3 orbital and deep-space launch attempts between 1998 and 1999. Of those, 2 succeeded and 1 failed. The success rate comes to 67 percent. The busiest year was 1999, with 2 flights. The most recent flight in the catalog was in 1999.

3
Launch attempts
2
Successes
1
Failures
67%
Success rate

Launches per year

Successes Failures Each bar links to that year's full chronology.

Year by year

Year Attempts Successes Failures Success rate
1999 2 1 1 50%
1998 1 1 0 100%

Launch sites used

Sites the Athena-2 launched from, across every launch in the catalog.

Site Country Launches Successes Failures
VS ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธUnited States 2 1 1
SPFL ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธUnited States 1 1 0

Launch chronology

Every Athena-2 launch in the catalog, newest first.

Date Designator Payloads Site / Pad Outcome
Sep 24, 1999 1999-051 LM-007 : Ikonos 2 VS / SLC6 Success
Apr 27, 1999 1999-F01 LM-005 : Ikonos 1 VS / SLC6 Failure
Jan 7, 1998 1998-001 LM-004 : CPAC (Luna 01), LP SPFL / SLC46 Success