LSOC Space Shuttle STS-59
Space Shuttle
Status
Success
Date
9 APR 1994
11:05
Launch Provider
Lockheed Space Operations Company
Launch Pad
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Mission Overview
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.
Rocket
Space Shuttle
Mission Type
Earth Science
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Stages
2
Livestream
Rocket Details
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
Launch Mass
2,030 T
Thrust
28,200 kN