RocketSpace Shuttle
SpaceportCape Canaveral & Kennedypad LC39A
OutcomeSuccess
Launch agencyNASA JSCUnited States
Flight
- Date and time (UTC)
- December 4, 1998, 08:35
- Launch designation
- 1998-069
- Mission
- OV-105 ISS
- Flight name
- ISS 2A (Unity)
- Vehicle flight ID
- STS-88
- Year
- Launches in 1998
Orbit and payload
- Initial apogee
- 403 km
- Payload mass to orbit
- 125.7 t
- Payloads
- 6
- GCAT launch code
- OS
Payloads
| Payload | Designation | Owner | Mission type | Mass | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Endeavour (STS-88) | 1998-069ANORAD 25549 | NASA Johnson Space Flight Center | Human spaceflight | 97.5 t | Docked with another object · Dec 5, 1998 |
| SAC-A | 1998-069BNORAD 25550 | CONAE Tabanera Space Center | Communications | 60 kg | Reentered (orbital decay) · Oct 25, 1999 |
| Mightysat 1 | 1998-069CNORAD 25551 | US Air Force Research Laboratories/RV (Space Vehicles Directorate) | Technology | 68 kg | Reentered (orbital decay) · Nov 21, 1999 |
| Unity | 1998-069FNORAD 25575 | NASA Johnson Space Flight Center | Human spaceflight | 9,280 kg | In orbit, attached to another object |
| PMA-2 | 1998-069F | NASA Johnson Space Flight Center | — | — | — |
| PMA-1 | 1998-069F | 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.