Conestoga 1620 | Meteor SM

METEOR (Multiple Experiment Transport to Earth Orbit & Return), formerly COMET (Commercial Experiment Transporter), was a NASA program to develop a commercially available experiment transporter for microgravity experiments over longer periods.

Mission Details

  • Launch date: October 23, 1995 at 10:03 PM UTC
  • Launch vehicle: Conestoga 1620
  • Operator: Space Services Inc.
  • Launch site: Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
  • Mission type: Planetary Science