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Lockheed Space Operations CompanySpace ShuttleLaunch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
STS-95
Launched
October 29, 1998
Summary
STS-95 launched on a Lockheed Space Operations Company Space Shuttle from Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on October 29, 1998. It was Lockheed Space Operations Company's 63rd launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 4,276th orbital launch attempt. It was the 92nd Space Shuttle flight and the 4th this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Discovery (STS-95), one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 559 × 568 km orbit inclined 28.5°. 7 crew members flew: John Glenn, Pedro Duque, Chiaki Mukai, Curtis Brown, Scott E. Parazynski, Steven Lindsey and Stephen Robinson. The spacecraft was Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103). 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- STS-95 launch (10-29-98)3210andLiftoff
- Vehicle
- Space Shuttle · Lockheed Space Operations CompanySpace Shuttle
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 92nd Space Shuttle flight · 4th this yearLockheed Space Operations Company's 63rd launch2nd this yearhumanity's 4,276th orbital launch attempt69th orbital launch attempt this year
Crew
John GlennPayload Specialist · NASA · age 77 · 2nd flight
Pedro DuqueMission Specialist · ESA · age 35 · first flight
Chiaki MukaiPayload Specialist · JAXA · age 46 · 2nd flight
Curtis BrownCommander · NASA · age 42 · 5th flight
Scott E. ParazynskiMission Specialist · NASA · age 37 · 3rd flight
Steven LindseyPilot · NASA · age 38 · 2nd flight
Stephen RobinsonMission Specialist · NASA · age 43 · 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: Low Earth Orbit
- Mission length: 8 days 21 hours
Space Shuttle Discovery successfully landed at the Shuttle Landing Facility after this mission.
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Discovery (STS-95) · NORAD 25519 · 1998-064 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STS 95
- Object ID
- 1998-064A
- Epoch
- 1998-10-30 18:45:35 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.03433508 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0006554
- Inclination
- 28.4662°
- Ascending node
- 224.8052°
- Arg. of perigee
- 42.1832°
- Mean anomaly
- 294.1782°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 14
- B*
- 0.0000033429
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 3 payloads
- Discovery (STS-95) · NORAD 25519 · landed November 7, 1998
- PANSAT-Oscar-34 · NORAD 25520 · re-entered September 4, 2026
- Spartan 201 · NORAD 25521
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
STS-95 was a Space Shuttle mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 29 October 1998, using the orbiter Discovery. It was the 25th flight of Discovery and the 92nd mission flown since the start of the Space Shuttle program in April 1981. It was a highly publicized mission due to former Project Mercury astronaut and United States Senator John H. Glenn, Jr.'s return to space for his second space flight. At age 77, Glenn became the oldest person, to date, to go into space. This mission is also noted for inaugurating ATSC HDTV broadcasting in the U.S., with live coast-to-coast coverage of the launch. In another first, Pedro Duque became the first Spaniard in space.
Pad
Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
43rd launch from Launch Complex 39B, 2nd this year · 109th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
59 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
195 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did STS-95 launch?
STS-95 launched on October 29, 1998. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch STS-95?
Coverage: STS-95 launch (10-29-98). Watch the replay
What rocket launched STS-95?
Space Shuttle, flown by Lockheed Space Operations Company. Space Shuttle spec sheet
Where did STS-95 launch from?
Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
What orbit did STS-95 reach?
Discovery (STS-95), one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 559 × 568 km orbit inclined 28.5°.
How many satellites did STS-95 launch?
3 payloads from this launch are catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is STS-95 part of?
Space Shuttle. About Space Shuttle