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Lockheed Martin Space OperationsSpace ShuttleLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
STS-71
Launched
June 27, 1995
Summary
STS-71 launched on a Lockheed Martin Space Operations Space Shuttle from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on June 27, 1995. It was Lockheed Martin Space Operations's 1st launch, 1st this year and humanity's 3,995th orbital launch attempt. It was the 69th Space Shuttle flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). It reached a 113 × 310 km orbit inclined 51.6°. 7 crew members flew: Nikolai Budarin, Gregory Harbaugh, Anatoly Solovyev, Robert L. Gibson, Bonnie J. Dunbar, Ellen S. Baker and Charles J. Precourt. The spacecraft was Space Shuttle Atlantis (OV-104). One object from this launch is catalogued.
- Watch
- STS-71 launch & landing (6-27-95)3210andLiftoff
- Vehicle
- Space Shuttle · Lockheed Martin Space OperationsMir, Shuttle–Mir, Space Shuttle
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Human Exploration · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 69th Space Shuttle flight · 3rd this yearLockheed Martin Space Operations's 1st launch1st this yearhumanity's 3,995th orbital launch attempt34th orbital launch attempt this year
Launch crew
Nikolai BudarinMission Specialist · RFSA · age 32 · first flight
Gregory HarbaughMission Specialist · NASA · age 39 · 3rd flight
Anatoly SolovyevMission Specialist · RFSA · age 47 · 4th flight
Robert L. GibsonCommander · NASA · age 48 · 5th flight
Bonnie J. DunbarMission Specialist · NASA · age 46 · 4th flight
Ellen S. BakerMission Specialist · NASA · age 42 · 3rd flight
Charles J. PrecourtPilot · NASA · age 39 · 2nd flight
Landing crew
Vladimir DezhurovMission Specialist · RFSA- Gregory HarbaughMission Specialist · NASA
Gennadi StrekalovMission Specialist · RFSA- Robert L. GibsonCommander · NASA
- Bonnie J. DunbarMission Specialist · NASA
- Ellen S. BakerMission Specialist · NASA
- Charles J. PrecourtPilot · NASA
Norman E. ThagardMission Specialist · NASA
Spacecraft
Space Shuttle Atlantis (OV-104)
Space Shuttle Atlantis (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV‑104) is a Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle belonging to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the spaceflight and space exploration agency of the United States. Constructed by the Rockwell International company in Southern California and delivered to the Kennedy Space Center in Eastern Florida in April 1985, Atlantis is the fourth operational and the second-to-last Space Shuttle built. Its maiden flight was STS-51-J from 3 to 7 October 1985. Atlantis embarked on its 33rd and final mission, also the final mission of a space shuttle, STS-135, on 8 July 2011. STS-134 by Endeavour was expected to be the final flight before STS-135 was authorized in October 2010. STS-135 took advantage of the processing for the STS-335 Launch On Need mission that would have been necessary if STS-134's crew became stranded in orbit. Atlantis landed for the final time at the Kennedy Space Center on 21 July 2011. By the end of its final mission, Atlantis had orbited the Earth a total of 4,848 times, traveling nearly 126,000,000 mi (203,000,000 km) or more than 525 times the distance from the Earth to the Moon.
- Destination: Mir
- Mission length: 9 days 19 hours
- Docked June 29, 1995 at Kristall module
Space Shuttle Atlantis successfully landed at the Shuttle Landing Facility after this mission.
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Atlantis (STS-71) · NORAD 23600 · 1995-030 · Space-Track
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STS 71
- Object ID
- 1995-030A
- Epoch
- 1995-06-27 20:57:27 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.25553339 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.014911
- Inclination
- 51.6495°
- Ascending node
- 104.4405°
- Arg. of perigee
- 20.4088°
- Mean anomaly
- 339.7409°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- 0.00051993
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
- Atlantis (STS-71) · NORAD 23600 · docked June 29, 1995
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
STS-71 was the third mission of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program and the first Space Shuttle docking to Russian space station Mir. It started on 27 June 1995 with the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle delivered a relief crew of two cosmonauts Anatoly Solovyev and Nikolai Budarin to the station and recovered Increment astronaut Norman Thagard. Atlantis returned to Earth on 7 July with a crew of eight. It was the first of seven straight missions to Mir flown by Atlantis.
Pad
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
55th launch from Launch Complex 39A, 2nd this year · 86th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
117 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did STS-71 launch?
STS-71 launched on June 27, 1995. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch STS-71?
Coverage: STS-71 launch & landing (6-27-95). Watch the replay
What rocket launched STS-71?
Space Shuttle, flown by Lockheed Martin Space Operations. Space Shuttle spec sheet
Where did STS-71 launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
What orbit did STS-71 reach?
It reached a 113 × 310 km orbit inclined 51.6°.
Which program is STS-71 part of?
Mir and Shuttle–Mir and Space Shuttle. About Mir