Space Shuttle
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The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS). Five complete Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles were built and flown on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011.
Specifications
- Thrust
- 28,200 kN
- Height
- 56.1 m
- Diameter
- 8 m
- Launch mass
- 2,030 t
- Stages
- 2
- Launch cost
- $450M
- LEO capacity
- 27,500 kg
- GTO capacity
- 4,940 kg
- GEO capacity
- 2,270 kg
Specifications from Launch Library. Figures the operator has not published are omitted.
Flight record
135flightswith a definitive outcome
98.5%success rate133 of 135
2failuresincluding partial failures
22success streakcurrent
First flight April 12, 1981 · latest July 8, 2011 · 15:29 UTC
Counted from padside's own launch record, the same basis as the stats page.
Flights per year
- Successful
- Failed
Show the numbers for Space Shuttle flights per year
| Year | Successful | Failed | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 1985 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 1986 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 1995 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2001 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2002 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2009 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |