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Lockheed Space Operations CompanySpace ShuttleLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
STS-55
Launched
April 26, 1993
Summary
STS-55 launched on a Lockheed Space Operations Company Space Shuttle from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on April 26, 1993. It was Lockheed Space Operations Company's 46th launch, 3rd this year and humanity's 3,812th orbital launch attempt. It was the 55th Space Shuttle flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). It reached a 308 × 315 km orbit inclined 28.5°. 7 crew members flew: Bernard Harris, Terence Henricks, Hans Schlegel, Ulrich Walter, Steven R. Nagel, Jerry L. Ross and Charles J. Precourt. The spacecraft was Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102). One object from this launch is catalogued.
- Watch
- STS-55 launch & landing (4-26-93)3210andLiftoff
- Vehicle
- Space Shuttle · Lockheed Space Operations CompanySpace Shuttle
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 55th Space Shuttle flight · 3rd this yearLockheed Space Operations Company's 46th launch3rd this yearhumanity's 3,812th orbital launch attempt27th orbital launch attempt this year
Crew
Bernard HarrisMission Specialist · NASA · age 36 · first flight
Terence HenricksPilot · NASA · age 40 · 2nd flight
Hans SchlegelPayload Specialist · ESA · age 41 · first flight
Ulrich WalterPayload Specialist · DLR · age 39 · first flight
Steven R. NagelCommander · NASA · age 46 · 4th flight
Jerry L. RossMission Specialist · NASA · age 45 · 4th flight
Charles J. PrecourtMission Specialist · NASA · age 37 · 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 23 hours
Space Shuttle Columbia successfully landed at Edwards Air Force Base after this mission.
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Columbia (STS-55) · NORAD 22640 · 1993-027 · Space-Track
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STS 55
- Object ID
- 1993-027A
- Epoch
- 1993-04-26 16:02:42 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.89324392 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0005639
- Inclination
- 28.5018°
- Ascending node
- 268.6723°
- Arg. of perigee
- 329.4532°
- Mean anomaly
- 30.1666°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- 7.9828e-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-55) · NORAD 22640 · landed May 6, 1993
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
STS-55 (Space Transportation System 55), or D-2 was the 55th overall flight of the US Space Shuttle and the 14th flight of Shuttle Columbia. This flight was a multinational Spacelab flight involving 88 experiments from eleven different nations. The experiments ranged from biology sciences to simple earth observations.
Pad
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
49th launch from Launch Complex 39A, 1st this year · 72nd from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
145 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did STS-55 launch?
STS-55 launched on April 26, 1993. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch STS-55?
Coverage: STS-55 launch & landing (4-26-93). Watch the replay
What rocket launched STS-55?
Space Shuttle, flown by Lockheed Space Operations Company. Space Shuttle spec sheet
Where did STS-55 launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
What orbit did STS-55 reach?
It reached a 308 × 315 km orbit inclined 28.5°.
Which program is STS-55 part of?
Space Shuttle. About Space Shuttle