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Lockheed Space Operations CompanySpace ShuttleLaunch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
STS-35
Launched
December 2, 1990
Summary
STS-35 launched on a Lockheed Space Operations Company Space Shuttle from Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on December 2, 1990. It was Lockheed Space Operations Company's 29th launch, 6th this year and humanity's 3,587th orbital launch attempt. It was the 38th Space Shuttle flight and the 6th this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). It reached a 355 × 365 km orbit inclined 28.5°. 7 crew members flew: Jeffrey Hoffman, Vance D. Brand, Robert A. Parker, Guy Gardner, John M. Lounge, Samuel T. Durrance and Ronald A. Parise. The spacecraft was Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102). One object from this launch is catalogued.
- Watch
- STS-35 launch & landing (12-2-90)3210andLiftoff
- Vehicle
- Space Shuttle · Lockheed Space Operations CompanySpace Shuttle
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Astrophysics · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 38th Space Shuttle flight · 6th this yearLockheed Space Operations Company's 29th launch6th this yearhumanity's 3,587th orbital launch attempt111th orbital launch attempt this year
Crew
Jeffrey HoffmanMission Specialist · NASA · age 46 · 2nd flight
Vance D. BrandCommander · NASA · age 59 · 4th flight
Robert A. ParkerMission Specialist · NASA · age 53 · 2nd flight
Guy GardnerPilot · NASA · age 42 · 2nd flight
John M. LoungeMission Specialist · NASA · age 44 · 3rd flight
Samuel T. DurrancePayload Specialist · NASA · age 47 · first flight
Ronald A. ParisePayload Specialist · NASA · age 39 · 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: 8 days 23 hours
Space Shuttle Columbia successfully landed at Edwards Air Force Base after this mission.
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Columbia (STS-35) · NORAD 20980 · 1990-106 · Space-Track
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1990-106A
- Epoch
- 1990-12-02 07:32:24 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.72080947 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0007228
- Inclination
- 28.468°
- Ascending node
- 4.8434°
- Arg. of perigee
- 270.9638°
- Mean anomaly
- 330.9432°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0.00025599
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; none still in orbit
- Columbia (STS-35) · NORAD 20980 · landed December 11, 1990
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
STS-35 was the tenth flight of Columbia and the 38th of the shuttle program. Its mission was devoted to astronomical observations using ASTRO-1, a spacelab observatory consisting of four telescopes.
Pad
Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
16th launch from Launch Complex 39B, 3rd this year · 55th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
59 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
56 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did STS-35 launch?
STS-35 launched on December 2, 1990. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch STS-35?
Coverage: STS-35 launch & landing (12-2-90). Watch the replay
What rocket launched STS-35?
Space Shuttle, flown by Lockheed Space Operations Company. Space Shuttle spec sheet
Where did STS-35 launch from?
Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
What orbit did STS-35 reach?
It reached a 355 × 365 km orbit inclined 28.5°.
Which program is STS-35 part of?
Space Shuttle. About Space Shuttle