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Lockheed Space Operations CompanySpace ShuttleLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
STS-32
Launched
January 9, 1990
Summary
STS-32 launched on a Lockheed Space Operations Company Space Shuttle from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on January 9, 1990. It was Lockheed Space Operations Company's 24th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 3,478th orbital launch attempt. It was the 33rd Space Shuttle flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Columbia (STS-32), one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 220 × 356 km orbit inclined 28.5°. 5 crew members flew: Daniel Brandenstein, Bonnie J. Dunbar, Jim Wetherbee, Marsha Ivins and G. David Low. The spacecraft was Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102). 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- STS-32 launch & landing (1-9-90)3210andLiftoff
- Vehicle
- Space Shuttle · Lockheed Space Operations CompanySpace Shuttle
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 33rd Space Shuttle flight · 1st this yearLockheed Space Operations Company's 24th launch1st this yearhumanity's 3,478th orbital launch attempt2nd orbital launch attempt this year
Crew
Daniel BrandensteinCommander · NASA · age 46 · 3rd flight
Bonnie J. DunbarMission Specialist · NASA · age 40 · 2nd flight
Jim WetherbeePilot · NASA · age 37 · first flight
Marsha IvinsMission Specialist · NASA · age 38 · first flight
G. David LowMission Specialist · NASA · age 33 · first flight
Spacecraft
Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102)
Space Shuttle Columbia (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-102) was the first space-rated orbiter in NASA's Space Shuttle fleet. It launched for the first time on mission STS-1 on April 12, 1981, the first flight of the Space Shuttle program. Over 22 years of service, it completed 27 missions before disintegrating during re-entry near the end of its 28th mission, STS-107 on February 1, 2003, resulting in the deaths of all seven crew members.
- Destination: Low Earth Orbit
- Mission length: 10 days
Space Shuttle Columbia successfully landed at Edwards Air Force Base after this mission.
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Columbia (STS-32) · NORAD 20409 · 1990-002 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1990-002A
- Epoch
- 1990-01-09 12:20:36 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.97714996 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.010166
- Inclination
- 28.4979°
- Ascending node
- 141.4696°
- Arg. of perigee
- 45.7541°
- Mean anomaly
- 315.1366°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 5.3914e-7
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
4 catalogued: 2 payloads, 2 components; 1 still in orbit
- Columbia (STS-32) · NORAD 20409 · landed January 20, 1990
- Leasat 5 · NORAD 20410
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
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.
Pad
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
37th launch from Launch Complex 39A, 1st this year · 50th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
about 4 years after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did STS-32 launch?
STS-32 launched on January 9, 1990. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch STS-32?
Coverage: STS-32 launch & landing (1-9-90). Watch the replay
What rocket launched STS-32?
Space Shuttle, flown by Lockheed Space Operations Company. Space Shuttle spec sheet
Where did STS-32 launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
What orbit did STS-32 reach?
Columbia (STS-32), one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 220 × 356 km orbit inclined 28.5°.
How many satellites did STS-32 launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is STS-32 part of?
Space Shuttle. About Space Shuttle