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Lockheed Space Operations CompanySpace ShuttleLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
STS-50
Launched
June 25, 1992
Summary
STS-50 launched on a Lockheed Space Operations Company Space Shuttle from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on June 25, 1992. It was Lockheed Space Operations Company's 39th launch, 4th this year and humanity's 3,723rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 48th Space Shuttle flight and the 4th this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). It reached a 305 × 312 km orbit inclined 28.5°. 7 crew members flew: Richard N. Richards, Bonnie J. Dunbar, Ellen S. Baker, Carl J. Meade, Ken Bowersox, Lawrence J. DeLucas and Eugene H. Trinh. The spacecraft was Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102). One object from this launch is catalogued.
- Watch
- STS-50 launch & landing (6-25-92)3210andLiftoff
- Vehicle
- Space Shuttle · Lockheed Space Operations CompanySpace Shuttle
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 48th Space Shuttle flight · 4th this yearLockheed Space Operations Company's 39th launch4th this yearhumanity's 3,723rd orbital launch attempt35th orbital launch attempt this year
Crew
Richard N. RichardsCommander · NASA · age 45 · 3rd flight
Bonnie J. DunbarMission Specialist · NASA · age 43 · 3rd flight
Ellen S. BakerMission Specialist · NASA · age 39 · 2nd flight
Carl J. MeadeMission Specialist · NASA · age 41 · 2nd flight
Ken BowersoxPilot · NASA · age 35 · first flight
Lawrence J. DeLucasPayload Specialist · NASA · age 41 · first flight
Eugene H. TrinhPayload Specialist · NASA · age 41 · 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: 13 days
Space Shuttle Columbia successfully landed at the Shuttle Landing Facility after this mission.
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Orbit: as tracked
Columbia (STS-50) · NORAD 22000 · 1992-034 · Space-Track
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STS 50
- Object ID
- 1992-034A
- Epoch
- 1992-06-25 16:54:38 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.9029702 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0005012
- Inclination
- 28.4695°
- Ascending node
- 348.8582°
- Arg. of perigee
- 330.1406°
- Mean anomaly
- 268.2904°
- 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-50) · NORAD 22000 · landed July 9, 1992
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
STS-50 (U.S. Microgravity Laboratory 1) was a United States Space Shuttle mission, the 12th mission of the Columbia orbiter.
Pad
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
46th launch from Launch Complex 39A, 3rd this year · 65th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
93 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did STS-50 launch?
STS-50 launched on June 25, 1992. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch STS-50?
Coverage: STS-50 launch & landing (6-25-92). Watch the replay
What rocket launched STS-50?
Space Shuttle, flown by Lockheed Space Operations Company. Space Shuttle spec sheet
Where did STS-50 launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
What orbit did STS-50 reach?
It reached a 305 × 312 km orbit inclined 28.5°.
Which program is STS-50 part of?
Space Shuttle. About Space Shuttle