RocketSpace Shuttle
SpaceportCape Canaveral & Kennedypad LC39A
OutcomeSuccess
Launch agencyNASA JSCUnited States
Flight
- Date and time (UTC)
- November 12, 1981, 15:10
- Launch designation
- 1981-111
- Mission
- OV-102 OFT-2
- Flight name
- OFT-2/OSTA-1
- Vehicle flight ID
- STS-2
- Year
- Launches in 1981
Orbit and payload
- Initial apogee
- 265 km
- Payload mass to orbit
- 99.7 t
- Payloads
- 5
- GCAT launch code
- OS
Payloads
| Payload | Designation | Owner | Mission type | Mass | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia (STS-2) | 1981-111ANORAD 12953 | NASA Johnson Space Flight Center | Human spaceflight | 91.1 t | Landed · Nov 14, 1981 |
| OSTA-1 | 1981-111 | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | — | — | — |
| DFI | 1981-111 | NASA Johnson Space Flight Center | — | — | — |
| IECM | 1981-111 | NASA Marshall Space Flight Center | — | — | — |
| ACIP | 1981-111 | NASA Johnson Space Flight Center | — | — | — |
Source: GCAT launch list and payload catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0). Orbit values are the initial orbit reported for the launch.