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Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-59
Lockheed Space Operations CompanyLaunch Successful

STS-59

Space Shuttle

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This page records Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-59 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-59 Shuttle mission was a Space Shuttle program mission that took place in 1994. The launch was chronicled by the 1994 Discovery Channel special about the Space Shuttle Program.

Launch vehicle
Space Shuttle
Mission type
Earth Science
Destination orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Spacecraft
Space Shuttle Endeavour
Destination
Low Earth Orbit
Launch pad
Launch Complex 39A
Provider
Lockheed Space Operations Company
Programs
Space Shuttle
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Meet the crew

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Launch crew

Space Shuttle Endeavour

Landing crew (6)Space Shuttle Endeavour

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

Recorded timing

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SCHEDULED MOMENT

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Launch site & orbit

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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Launch site & orbit

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NASA Blue Marble map of Earth's continents and oceans
Representative orbit · accelerated illustrationNo live tracking or simulated ascent. NASA Blue Marble.

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