Program Summary
The Athena program is a program to gain intel on mars, the participating space centers are: NASA, LSSC, SpaceX, and Blue Origin. This Post will focus on LSSC launches
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Athena 2-Athena 2 (Athena II) is the second rocket to succeed in reached LMO, also the first in bringing a geomapping (LCSA’s were used for weather, this one is used for terrain) satellite to LMO. Athena 2 will carry a LCSA V1 for betting weather monitoring coverage and a GeoSat-M1 to LMO. Athena 2 re-uses Athena I’s 2nd stage and 3rd stage.
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PICTURES
Athena 2
GeoSat-M1
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LAUNCH- launch will be updated in comments.