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Lockheed Space Operations CompanySpace ShuttleLaunch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
STS-40
Launched
June 5, 1991
Summary
STS-40 launched on a Lockheed Space Operations Company Space Shuttle from Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on June 5, 1991. It was Lockheed Space Operations Company's 32nd launch, 3rd this year and humanity's 3,638th orbital launch attempt. It was the 41st Space Shuttle flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). It reached a 292 × 301 km orbit inclined 39.0°. 7 crew members flew: Margaret Rhea Seddon, Bryan D. O'Connor, James P. Bagian, Sidney M. Gutierrez, Tamara E. Jernigan, F. Drew Gaffney and Millie Hughes-Fulford. The spacecraft was Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102). One object from this launch is catalogued.
- Watch
- STS-40 launch & landing (6-5-91)3210andLiftoff
- Vehicle
- Space Shuttle · Lockheed Space Operations CompanySpace Shuttle
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 41st Space Shuttle flight · 3rd this yearLockheed Space Operations Company's 32nd launch3rd this yearhumanity's 3,638th orbital launch attempt41st orbital launch attempt this year
Crew
Margaret Rhea SeddonMission Specialist · NASA · age 43 · 2nd flight
Bryan D. O'ConnorCommander · NASA · age 44 · 2nd flight
James P. BagianMission Specialist · NASA · age 39 · 2nd flight
Sidney M. GutierrezPilot · NASA · age 39 · first flight
Tamara E. JerniganMission Specialist · NASA · age 32 · first flight
F. Drew GaffneyPayload Specialist · NASA · age 44 · first flight
Millie Hughes-FulfordPayload Specialist · NASA · age 45 · 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: 9 days 2 hours
Space Shuttle Columbia successfully landed at Edwards Air Force Base after this mission.
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Columbia (STS-40) · NORAD 21399 · 1991-040 · Space-Track
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1991-040A
- Epoch
- 1991-06-05 13:17:23 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.94683602 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0007076
- Inclination
- 39.02°
- Ascending node
- 333.4769°
- Arg. of perigee
- 3.3611°
- Mean anomaly
- 356.7245°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 5.2391e-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
1 catalogued: 1 payload; none still in orbit
- Columbia (STS-40) · NORAD 21399 · landed June 14, 1991
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
STS-40 was the eleventh launch of Columbia and carried the Spacelab module for Spacelab Life Sciences 1 (SLS-1), the fifth Spacelab mission and the first dedicated to biology. It was also the first mission to carry three women crew members.
Pad
Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
18th launch from Launch Complex 39B, 2nd this year · 58th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
59 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
60 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did STS-40 launch?
STS-40 launched on June 5, 1991. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch STS-40?
Coverage: STS-40 launch & landing (6-5-91). Watch the replay
What rocket launched STS-40?
Space Shuttle, flown by Lockheed Space Operations Company. Space Shuttle spec sheet
Where did STS-40 launch from?
Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
What orbit did STS-40 reach?
It reached a 292 × 301 km orbit inclined 39.0°.
Which program is STS-40 part of?
Space Shuttle. About Space Shuttle