Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-38

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Nov. 15, 1990, 11:48 p.m.

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Low Earth Orbit Launch Complex 39A Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

United Space Alliance

Space Shuttle Atlantis OV-104

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Founded: 1995 Successes: 99 Failures: 1 Pending: 0

United Space Alliance (USA) is a spaceflight operations company. USA is a joint venture which was established in August 1995 as a Limited Liability Company (LLC), equally owned by Boeing and Lockheed Martin.

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Space Shuttle Atlantis OV-104

Configuration: OV-104
Family: Space Shuttle

Constructed in 1985, Atlantis was the fourth operational and the second-to-last Space Shuttle built. Its maiden flight was STS-51-J in October of 1985. Atlantis embarked on its 33rd and final mission, also the final mission of a space shuttle, STS-135, on 8 July 2011.

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STS-38 was the seventh flight for the Space Shuttle Atlantis and was also the seventh flight dedicated to the department of defence.

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