Olympus

retired

CommunicationsGEOCOSPAR 1989-053ALaunched 7/12/1989

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Mission & Launch

Launch Mission: Olympus Mission
Launch Vehicle: Ariane 3
Launch Date: 7/12/1989
Last Contact: 8/23/1993

Orbit & Mass

Orbit Class: GEO
Altitude: 35,787 km
Inclination: 0.06 deg
Dry Mass: 1,200 kg
Total Mass: 2,595 kg

Payload Classification

Mission Type: Communications
Payload Category: COM
Payload Class: C

Organizations

Operator: European Space Agency (ESA)
Manufacturer: BAE Systems

Registry

COSPAR ID: 1989-053A
UN Registration: ST/SG/SER.E/266

Track

Mentions

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All verified mentions of this spacecraft in source documents.

In 2022 ICON was awarded a nearly $60,000,000 Phase III contract under NASA's Small Business Innovation Research program for Project Olympus to research and develop space-based construction systems.

RelationshipsFinancialPlanValue 4.5Dec 7, 2023ICON Selected by DARPA for LunA-10 Lunar Architecture Study