Lockheed Space Operations CompanySpace ShuttleLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-32
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No countdown — this launch time is not yet known to the minute.January 9, 1990Add to calendar
Lockheed Space Operations Company's 24th launch · 1st this year · humanity's 3,478th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Jan 9, 12:35 – Jan 9, 12:35 UTC
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STS-32
STS-32 was the thirty-third mission of the shuttle program and ninth of Columbia. It was the first use of Launch Pad 39A and also marked the first use of the Mobile Launcher Platform No. 3 (MLP-3) in the shuttle program. This was the longest flight of the shuttle program lasting nearly 11 days. Its primary missions were to deploy a defence 10 satellite and retrieved NASAs Long Duration Exposure Facility.
Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Crew
Daniel BrandensteinCommander · NASA
Bonnie J. DunbarMission Specialist · NASA
Jim WetherbeePilot · NASA
Marsha IvinsMission Specialist · NASA
G. David LowMission Specialist · NASA
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- STS-32 launch & landing (1-9-90) — 3210andLiftoff
