Space Shuttle
In-active Human Rated Unknown Crew Capacity: 7 Payload Capacity: 27500 kg Diameter: 8.7 m Height: 56.1 mNational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
April 12, 1981
Carrying a crew of 7 astronauts along with cargo to Low Earth Orbit.
Flight Life
14 days
Description
The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable LEO spacecraft system operated 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), taken from a 1969 plan for a system of reusable spacecraft of which it was the only item funded for development. The first of four orbital test flights occurred in 1981, leading to operational flights in 1982. In addition to the prototype whose completion was cancelled, five complete Shuttle systems were built and used on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011, launched from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Operational missions launched numerous satellites, interplanetary probes, and the Hubble Space Telescope (HST); conducted science experiments in orbit; and participated in construction and servicing of the International Space Station. The Shuttle fleet's total mission time was 1322 days, 19 hours, 21 minutes and 23 seconds.
History
The Space shuttle was a United States space craft. Following the conclusion of the Apollo program the Space Shuttle intended to lower costs for reliable access to Low Earth Orbit. The program ran from 1981-2011.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Government
Administrator: Bill Nelson
NASA 1958The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Falcon 9
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Hyperbola-1
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Long March 7
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Falcon 9
Starlink Group 4-17
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Long March 2D
Jilin-1 Wideband-01C & High Resolution 03D-27 to 33
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Electron
There and Back Again
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Falcon 9
Starlink Group 4-16
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAA batch of 53 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Angara 1.2
Kosmos 2555 (MKA-R)
35/1 - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationRussian military radar satellite.
