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United Space AllianceSpace ShuttleLaunch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
STS-112
Launched
October 7, 2002
Summary
STS-112 launched on an United Space Alliance Space Shuttle from Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on October 7, 2002. It was United Space Alliance's 27th launch, 4th this year and humanity's 4,559th orbital launch attempt. It was the 111th Space Shuttle flight and the 4th this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). It reached a 163 × 242 km orbit inclined 51.6°. 6 crew members flew: Fyodor Yurchikhin, David Wolf, Jeffrey Ashby, Pamela Melroy, Sandra Magnus and Piers Sellers. The spacecraft was Space Shuttle Atlantis (OV-104). One object from this launch is catalogued.
- Watch
- STS-112 launch (10-7-02)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
- 111th Space Shuttle flight · 4th this yearUnited Space Alliance's 27th launch4th this yearhumanity's 4,559th orbital launch attempt48th orbital launch attempt this year
Crew
Fyodor YurchikhinMission Specialist · RFSA · age 43 · first flight
David WolfMission Specialist · NASA · age 46 · 3rd flight
Jeffrey AshbyCommander · NASA · age 48 · 3rd flight
Pamela MelroyPilot · NASA · age 41 · 2nd flight
Sandra MagnusMission Specialist · NASA · age 37 · first flight
Piers SellersMission Specialist · NASA · age 47 · 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: 10 days
- Docked October 9, 2002 at Destiny forward
Space Shuttle Atlantis successfully landed at the Shuttle Landing Facility after this mission.
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Atlantis (STS-112) · NORAD 27537 · 2002-047 · Space-Track
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STS-112
- Object ID
- 2002-047A
- Epoch
- 2002-10-07 20:25:36 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.29004168 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0060226
- Inclination
- 51.6338°
- Ascending node
- 207.8971°
- Arg. of perigee
- 343.0776°
- Mean anomaly
- 195.2808°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0.000011134
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-112) · NORAD 27537 · docked October 9, 2002
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
STS-112 (ISS assembly flight 9A) was an 11-day space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis. Space Shuttle Atlantis was launched on 7 October 2002 at 19:45 UTC from the Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39B to deliver the 28,000 pound Starboard 1 (S1) truss segment to the Space Station. Ending a 4.5-million-mile journey, Atlantis landed at 15:44 UTC on 18 October 2002 on runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility.
Pad
Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
52nd launch from Launch Complex 39B, 2nd this year · 128th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
59 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
181 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did STS-112 launch?
STS-112 launched on October 7, 2002. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch STS-112?
Coverage: STS-112 launch (10-7-02). Watch the replay
What rocket launched STS-112?
Space Shuttle, flown by United Space Alliance. Space Shuttle spec sheet
Where did STS-112 launch from?
Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
What orbit did STS-112 reach?
It reached a 163 × 242 km orbit inclined 51.6°.
Which program is STS-112 part of?
International Space Station and Space Shuttle. About International Space Station