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Lockheed Space Operations CompanySpace ShuttleLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
STS-60
Launched
February 3, 1994
Summary
STS-60 launched on a Lockheed Space Operations Company Space Shuttle from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on February 3, 1994. It was Lockheed Space Operations Company's 51st launch, 1st this year and humanity's 3,875th orbital launch attempt. It was the 60th Space Shuttle flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Discovery (STS-60), one of 8 catalogued objects, reached a 354 × 366 km orbit inclined 57.0°. 6 crew members flew: Sergei Krikalev, Charles Bolden, Franklin Chang Díaz, Kenneth S. Reightler Jr., Jan Davis and Ronald M. Sega. The spacecraft was Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103). 8 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- STS-60 launch & landing (2-3-94)3210andLiftoff
- Vehicle
- Space Shuttle · Lockheed Space Operations CompanyShuttle–Mir, Space Shuttle
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 60th Space Shuttle flight · 1st this yearLockheed Space Operations Company's 51st launch1st this yearhumanity's 3,875th orbital launch attempt7th orbital launch attempt this year
Crew
Sergei KrikalevMission Specialist · RFSA · age 35 · 3rd flight
Charles BoldenCommander · NASA · age 47 · 4th flight
Franklin Chang DíazMission Specialist · NASA · age 43 · 4th flight
Kenneth S. Reightler Jr.Pilot · NASA · age 42 · 2nd flight
Jan DavisMission Specialist · NASA · age 40 · 2nd flight
Ronald M. SegaMission Specialist · NASA · age 41 · first flight
Spacecraft
Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103)
Space Shuttle Discovery (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103) is one of the orbiters from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the third of five fully operational orbiters to be built. Its first mission, STS-41-D, flew from August 30 to September 5, 1984. Over 27 years of service it launched and landed 39 times, gathering more spaceflights than any other spacecraft to date. Discovery became the third operational orbiter to enter service, preceded by Columbia and Challenger. It embarked on its last mission, STS-133, on February 24, 2011 and touched down for the final time at Kennedy Space Center on March 9, having spent a cumulative total of almost a full year in space. Discovery performed both research and International Space Station (ISS) assembly missions. It also carried the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit. Discovery was the first operational shuttle to be retired, followed by Endeavour and then Atlantis.
- Destination: Low Earth Orbit
- Mission length: 8 days 7 hours
Space Shuttle Discovery successfully landed at the Shuttle Landing Facility after this mission.
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Discovery (STS-60) · NORAD 22977 · 1994-006 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 8 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STS 60
- Object ID
- 1994-006A
- Epoch
- 1994-02-03 12:55:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.7205627 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0008416
- Inclination
- 56.9866°
- Ascending node
- 215.978°
- Arg. of perigee
- 258.4307°
- Mean anomaly
- 295.5465°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0.0000058726
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
8 catalogued: 8 payloads; none still in orbit
- Discovery (STS-60) · NORAD 22977 · landed February 11, 1994
- ODERACS A · NORAD 22990 · re-entered October 2, 1994
- ODERACS B · NORAD 22991 · re-entered October 4, 1994
- ODERACS C · NORAD 22992 · re-entered
- ODERACS D · NORAD 22993 · re-entered
- ODERACS E · NORAD 22994 · re-entered March 3, 1995
- ODERACS F · NORAD 22995 · re-entered February 24, 1995
- BREMSAT · NORAD 22998 · re-entered February 12, 1995
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
STS-60 was the first mission of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program, which carried Sergei K. Krikalev, the first Russian cosmonaut to fly aboard a Space Shuttle. The mission used Space Shuttle Discovery, which lifted off from Launch Pad 39A on 3 February 1994 from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The mission carried the Wake Shield Facility experiment and a SPACEHAB module into orbit, and carried out a live bi-directional audio and downlink link-up with the cosmonauts aboard the Russian space station Mir.
Pad
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
50th launch from Launch Complex 39A, 1st this year · 77th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
282 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did STS-60 launch?
STS-60 launched on February 3, 1994. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch STS-60?
Coverage: STS-60 launch & landing (2-3-94). Watch the replay
What rocket launched STS-60?
Space Shuttle, flown by Lockheed Space Operations Company. Space Shuttle spec sheet
Where did STS-60 launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
What orbit did STS-60 reach?
Discovery (STS-60), one of 8 catalogued objects, reached a 354 × 366 km orbit inclined 57.0°.
How many satellites did STS-60 launch?
8 payloads from this launch are catalogued, none of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is STS-60 part of?
Shuttle–Mir and Space Shuttle. About Shuttle–Mir