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Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-7
Rockwell InternationalLaunch Successful

STS-7

Space Shuttle

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This page records Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-7 and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.

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Mission status
Launch Successful

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LAUNCH SITEKennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Mission

STS-7 was the second mission for the Space Shuttle Challenger. It deployed several satellites into orbit. It was the first mission scheduled to land at Kennedy Space Center however it had to divert to Edwards Air Force Base due to bad weather. STS-7 carried Sally Ride, America's first female astronaut.

Launch vehicle
Space Shuttle
Mission type
Communications
Destination orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Spacecraft
Space Shuttle Challenger
Destination
Low Earth Orbit
Launch pad
Launch Complex 39A
Provider
Rockwell International
Programs
Space Shuttle

The vehicle

Published configuration and flight history.

Space Shuttle
Launch vehicle

Space Shuttle

The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS). Five complete Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles were built and flown on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011.

Height
56.1 m
Diameter
8 m
Stages
2
Recorded launches
135
First flight
1981-04-12

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Launch site & orbit

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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