Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-119
United Space Alliance · Space Shuttle · Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
United Space Alliance's 41st launch · 1st this year · humanity's 4,967th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Mar 15, 23:43 – Mar 15, 23:43 UTC
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STS-119
STS-119 (ISS assembly flight 15A) was a space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which was flown by Space Shuttle Discovery during March 2009. It delivered and assembled the fourth starboard Integrated Truss Segment (S6), and the fourth set of solar arrays and batteries to the station.
Human Exploration · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Crew
Richard R. ArnoldMission Specialist · NASA
Koichi WakataMission Specialist · JAXA
John L. PhillipsMission Specialist · NASA
Lee ArchambaultCommander · NASA
Steven SwansonMission Specialist · NASA
Dominic A. AntonelliPilot · NASA
Joseph M. AcabaMission Specialist · NASA
Booster
No booster details available.
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- STS-119 Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery From T-1 to MECO — Spacevidcast (now TMRO -- see new channel)
Pad — Launch Complex 39A
Local pad time: Mar 15, 7:43 PM EDT
222 launches from this pad · 281 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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