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Lockheed Space Operations CompanySpace ShuttleLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
STS-92
Launched
October 11, 2000
Summary
STS-92 launched on a Lockheed Space Operations Company Space Shuttle from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on October 11, 2000. It was Lockheed Space Operations Company's 65th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 4,431st orbital launch attempt. It was the 100th Space Shuttle flight and the 4th this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Discovery (STS-92), one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 166 × 329 km orbit inclined 51.6°. 7 crew members flew: Koichi Wakata, Brian Duffy, Leroy Chiao, William S. McArthur, Peter Wisoff, Michael López-Alegría and Pamela Melroy. The spacecraft was Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103). 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- STS-92 launch (10-11-00)3210andLiftoff
- Vehicle
- Space Shuttle · Lockheed Space Operations CompanyInternational Space Station, Space Shuttle
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Human Exploration · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 100th Space Shuttle flight · 4th this yearLockheed Space Operations Company's 65th launch1st this yearhumanity's 4,431st orbital launch attempt64th orbital launch attempt this year
Crew
Koichi WakataMission Specialist · JAXA · age 37 · 2nd flight
Brian DuffyCommander · NASA · age 47 · 4th flight
Leroy ChiaoMission Specialist · NASA · age 40 · 3rd flight
William S. McArthurMission Specialist · NASA · age 49 · 3rd flight
Peter WisoffMission Specialist · NASA · age 42 · 4th flight
Michael López-AlegríaMission Specialist · AXS · age 42 · 2nd flight
Pamela MelroyPilot · NASA · age 39 · 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: International Space Station
- Mission length: 12 days
- Docked October 13, 2000 at Unity forward
Space Shuttle Discovery successfully landed at Edwards Air Force Base after this mission.
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Discovery (STS-92) · NORAD 26563 · 2000-062 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2000-062A
- Epoch
- 2000-10-12 00:01:28 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.12263516 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0123447
- Inclination
- 51.5744°
- Ascending node
- 265.2208°
- Arg. of perigee
- 11.033°
- Mean anomaly
- 185.0156°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0.000013957
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
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 component
- Discovery (STS-92) · NORAD 26563 · docked October 13, 2000
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
STS-92 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery. STS-92 marked the 100th mission of the Space Shuttle.
Pad
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
71st launch from Launch Complex 39A, 3rd this year · 117th 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-92 launch?
STS-92 launched on October 11, 2000. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch STS-92?
Coverage: STS-92 launch (10-11-00). Watch the replay
What rocket launched STS-92?
Space Shuttle, flown by Lockheed Space Operations Company. Space Shuttle spec sheet
Where did STS-92 launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
What orbit did STS-92 reach?
Discovery (STS-92), one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 166 × 329 km orbit inclined 51.6°.
Which program is STS-92 part of?
International Space Station and Space Shuttle. About International Space Station