Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-55

Name: Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-55
Start: 1993-04-26T14:50:00.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Lockheed Space Operations Company · Space Shuttle · Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Lockheed Space Operations Company's 46th launch · 3rd this year · humanity's 3,812th orbital launch attempt

April 26, 1993Add to calendar

Success

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Window: Apr 26, 14:50 – Apr 26, 14:50 UTC

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STS-55

STS-55 (Space Transportation System 55), or D-2 was the 55th overall flight of the US Space Shuttle and the 14th flight of Shuttle Columbia. This flight was a multinational Spacelab flight involving 88 experiments from eleven different nations. The experiments ranged from biology sciences to simple earth observations.

· Low Earth Orbit (LEO)