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The U.S. Space Shuttle program was officially referred to as the Space Transportation System (STS). Specific shuttle missions were therefore designated with the prefix "STS". [2] Initially, the launches were given sequential numbers indicating order of launch, such as STS-7.
Launch date, time Launch site Orbit Satellites Outcome Remarks Altitude Inclination Deployed [4] w/DtC Working [4] – Simulators 1 v3 2025-F01 16 January 2025 22:37:00 [137] Starbase, OLP-A: 146 km (91 mi) 26.4° [20] 10 0 0 Failure SpaceX planned to test the deployment system for a new version of their Starlink satellites.
As Atlantis was prepared for the final launch-on-need mission, the decision was made in September 2010 that it would fly as STS-135 with a four-person crew that could remain at the ISS in the event of an emergency. [24]: III-355 STS-135 launched on July 8, 2011, and landed at the KSC on July 21, 2011, at 5:57 a.m. EDT (09:57 UTC). [24]:
As Atlantis was prepared for the final launch-on-need mission, the decision was made in September 2010 that it would fly as STS-135 with a four-person crew that could remain at the ISS in the event of an emergency. [28]: III-355 STS-135 launched on July 8, 2011, and landed at the KSC on July 21, 2011, at 5:57 a.m. EDT (09:57 UTC). [28]:
The eventual launch date of November 15, 1990, was set due to a payload problem. The launch window was between 18:30 and 22:30 EST. The launch occurred at 18:48:13 EST. The mission ended with a landing at the Shuttle Landing Facility, marking the first time in five years that a mission returned to the Kennedy Space Center since STS-51-D. This ...
One of the two satellites had been shipped to Cape Canaveral (CCAFS) on 4 May 2009; the second satellite arrived at the launch site on 25 June 2009. [7] [8] Two demonstration satellites were launched together on a single Delta II launch vehicle. [9] Launch took place 25 September 2009, from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17 (LC-17B). [10]
STS-6 was the sixth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger. Launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 4, 1983, the mission deployed the first Tracking and Data Relay Satellite , TDRS-1 , into orbit, before landing at Edwards Air Force Base on April 9, 1983.
In addition, STS-105 retrieved and returned MACE II (Middeck Active Control Experiment II) from the ISS. MACE II was the first internal experiment on ISS and was operated for nearly a year. [1] On 30 September 2001, STP and NASA launched the Kodiak Star mission on an Athena I launch vehicle. This was the first orbital launch out of Kodiak ...