Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-43
Lockheed Space Operations Company · Space Shuttle · Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Lockheed Space Operations Company's 33rd launch · 4th this year · humanity's 3,653rd orbital launch attempt
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The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Aug 2, 15:02 – Aug 2, 15:02 UTC
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STS-43
STS-43 was the ninth flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. The nine day mission had a primary goal of launching the fifth Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-E.
Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Crew
Shannon LucidMission Specialist · NASA
John E. BlahaCommander · NASA
James C. AdamsonMission Specialist · NASA
G. David LowMission Specialist · NASA
Michael A. BakerPilot · NASA
Booster
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- STS-43 launch & landing (8-2-91) — 3210andLiftoff
Pad — Launch Complex 39A
Local pad time: Aug 2, 11:02 AM EDT
222 launches from this pad · 281 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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