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United Space AllianceSpace ShuttleLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
STS-101
Launched
May 19, 2000 · 10:11 UTC
Summary
STS-101 launched on an United Space Alliance Space Shuttle from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on May 19, 2000 at 10:11 UTC. It was United Space Alliance's 15th launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 4,396th orbital launch attempt. It was the 98th Space Shuttle flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). It reached a 166 × 336 km orbit inclined 51.6°. 7 crew members flew: James Halsell, Susan Helms, Scott Horowitz, Yury Usachov, James S. Voss, Mary Ellen Weber and Jeffrey Williams. The spacecraft was Space Shuttle Atlantis (OV-104). One object from this launch is catalogued.
- Watch
- STS-101 launch (5-19-00)3210andLiftoff
- Vehicle
- Space Shuttle · United Space AllianceInternational Space Station, Space Shuttle
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Human Exploration · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 98th Space Shuttle flight · 2nd this yearUnited Space Alliance's 15th launch2nd this yearhumanity's 4,396th orbital launch attempt29th orbital launch attempt this year
Crew
James HalsellCommander · NASA · age 43 · 5th flight
Susan HelmsMission Specialist · NASA · age 42 · 4th flight
Scott HorowitzPilot · NASA · age 43 · 3rd flight
Yury UsachovMission Specialist · RFSA · age 42 · 3rd flight
James S. VossMission Specialist · NASA · age 51 · 4th flight
Mary Ellen WeberMission Specialist · NASA · age 38 · 2nd flight
Jeffrey WilliamsMission Specialist · NASA · age 42 · first flight
Spacecraft
Space Shuttle Atlantis (OV-104)
Space Shuttle Atlantis (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV‑104) is a Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle belonging to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the spaceflight and space exploration agency of the United States. Constructed by the Rockwell International company in Southern California and delivered to the Kennedy Space Center in Eastern Florida in April 1985, Atlantis is the fourth operational and the second-to-last Space Shuttle built. Its maiden flight was STS-51-J from 3 to 7 October 1985. Atlantis embarked on its 33rd and final mission, also the final mission of a space shuttle, STS-135, on 8 July 2011. STS-134 by Endeavour was expected to be the final flight before STS-135 was authorized in October 2010. STS-135 took advantage of the processing for the STS-335 Launch On Need mission that would have been necessary if STS-134's crew became stranded in orbit. Atlantis landed for the final time at the Kennedy Space Center on 21 July 2011. By the end of its final mission, Atlantis had orbited the Earth a total of 4,848 times, traveling nearly 126,000,000 mi (203,000,000 km) or more than 525 times the distance from the Earth to the Moon.
- Destination: International Space Station
- Mission length: 9 days 20 hours
- Docked May 20, 2000 at Unity forward
Space Shuttle Atlantis successfully landed at the Shuttle Landing Facility after this mission.
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Atlantis (STS-101) · NORAD 26368 · 2000-027 · Space-Track
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2000-027A
- Epoch
- 2000-05-19 10:55:09 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.10960638 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0128531
- Inclination
- 51.5813°
- Ascending node
- 285.6646°
- Arg. of perigee
- 12.9743°
- Mean anomaly
- 180.7274°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0.000013746
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
1 catalogued: 1 payload
- Atlantis (STS-101) · NORAD 26368 · docked May 21, 2000
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
STS-101 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis. The mission was a 10-day mission conducted between 19 May 2000 and 29 May 2000. The mission was designated 2A.2a and was a resupply mission to the International Space Station.
Pad
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
70th launch from Launch Complex 39A, 2nd this year · 115th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: May 19, 6:11 AM EDT, in twilight
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
97 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did STS-101 launch?
STS-101 launched on May 19, 2000 at 10:11 UTC.
Where can I watch STS-101?
Coverage: STS-101 launch (5-19-00). Watch the replay
What rocket launched STS-101?
Space Shuttle, flown by United Space Alliance. Space Shuttle spec sheet
Where did STS-101 launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. Liftoff was May 19, 6:11 AM EDT local time at the pad.
What orbit did STS-101 reach?
It reached a 166 × 336 km orbit inclined 51.6°.
Which program is STS-101 part of?
International Space Station and Space Shuttle. About International Space Station