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Lockheed Space Operations CompanySpace ShuttleLaunch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
STS-63
Launched
February 3, 1995
Summary
STS-63 launched on a Lockheed Space Operations Company Space Shuttle from Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on February 3, 1995. It was Lockheed Space Operations Company's 58th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 3,967th orbital launch attempt. It was the 67th Space Shuttle flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Discovery (STS-63), one of 7 catalogued objects, reached a 340 × 362 km orbit inclined 51.6°. 6 crew members flew: Bernard Harris, Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov, Jim Wetherbee, Michael Foale, Eileen Collins and Janice E. Voss. The spacecraft was Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103). 7 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- STS-63 launch & landing (2-3-95)3210andLiftoff
- Vehicle
- Space Shuttle · Lockheed Space Operations CompanyShuttle–Mir, Space Shuttle
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Human Exploration · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 67th Space Shuttle flight · 1st this yearLockheed Space Operations Company's 58th launch1st this yearhumanity's 3,967th orbital launch attempt6th orbital launch attempt this year
Crew
Bernard HarrisMission Specialist · NASA · age 38 · 2nd flight
Vladimir Georgiyevich TitovMission Specialist · RFSA · age 48 · 4th flight
Jim WetherbeeCommander · NASA · age 42 · 3rd flight
Michael FoaleMission Specialist · NASA · age 38 · 3rd flight
Eileen CollinsPilot · NASA · age 38 · first flight
Janice E. VossMission Specialist · NASA · age 38 · 2nd 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: Mir
- Mission length: 8 days 6 hours
Space Shuttle Discovery successfully landed at the Shuttle Landing Facility after this mission.
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Discovery (STS-63) · NORAD 23469 · 1995-004 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 7 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1995-004A
- Epoch
- 1995-02-03 04:59:59 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.75361558 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0016485
- Inclination
- 51.6465°
- Ascending node
- 103.3916°
- Arg. of perigee
- 293.0722°
- Mean anomaly
- 281.8438°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 15
- B*
- 0.0000046282
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
7 catalogued: 7 payloads
- Discovery (STS-63) · NORAD 23469 · landed February 11, 1995
- Spartan-204 · NORAD 23470
- ODERACS 2A · NORAD 23471 · re-entered March 13, 1996
- ODERACS 2B · NORAD 23472 · re-entered September 29, 1995
- ODERACS 2C · NORAD 23473 · re-entered February 7, 1996
- ODERACS 2D · NORAD 23474 · re-entered March 2, 1995
- ODERACS 2E · NORAD 23475 · re-entered February 27, 1995
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
STS-63 was the first mission of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program, which carried out the first rendezvous of the American Space Shuttle with Russia's space station Mir. Known as the 'Near-Mir' mission, the flight used Space Shuttle Discovery, which lifted off from launch pad 39B on 3 February 1995 from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
Pad
Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
31st launch from Launch Complex 39B, 1st this year · 84th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
59 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
91 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did STS-63 launch?
STS-63 launched on February 3, 1995. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch STS-63?
Coverage: STS-63 launch & landing (2-3-95). Watch the replay
What rocket launched STS-63?
Space Shuttle, flown by Lockheed Space Operations Company. Space Shuttle spec sheet
Where did STS-63 launch from?
Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
What orbit did STS-63 reach?
Discovery (STS-63), one of 7 catalogued objects, reached a 340 × 362 km orbit inclined 51.6°.
How many satellites did STS-63 launch?
7 payloads from this launch are catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is STS-63 part of?
Shuttle–Mir and Space Shuttle. About Shuttle–Mir