RocketSpace Shuttle
SpaceportCape Canaveral & Kennedypad LC39B
OutcomeSuccess
Launch agencyNASA JSCUnited States
Flight
- Date and time (UTC)
- December 10, 2006, 01:47
- Launch designation
- 2006-055
- Mission
- OV-103 ISS
- Flight name
- ISS 12A.1
- Vehicle flight ID
- STS-116
- Year
- Launches in 2006
Orbit and payload
- Initial apogee
- 476 km
- Payload mass to orbit
- 121.9 t
- Payloads
- 9
- GCAT launch code
- OS
Payloads
| Payload | Designation | Owner | Mission type | Mass | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery (STS-116) | 2006-055ANORAD 29647 | NASA Johnson Space Flight Center | Human spaceflight | 100.6 t | Docked with another object · Dec 11, 2006 |
| MEPSI 2A | 2006-055BNORAD 29660 | US Air Force Space and Missile Center | Technology | 1 kg | Reentered (orbital decay) · Mar 8, 2007 |
| Navy-OSCAR-60 | 2006-055CNORAD 29661 | US Naval Academy | Calibration | 4 kg | Reentered (orbital decay) · May 30, 2007 |
| NMARS | 2006-055DNORAD 29662 | US Naval Academy | Communications | 3 kg | Reentered (orbital decay) · May 6, 2007 |
| Navy-OSCAR-61 (ANDE-RR) | 2006-055FNORAD 29664 | USAF SMC/DoD Space Test Program | Space science | 50 kg | Reentered (orbital decay) · Dec 25, 2007 |
| Navy-OSCAR-62 (ANDE-FCL) | 2006-055JNORAD 29667 | USAF SMC/DoD Space Test Program | Calibration | 75 kg | Reentered (orbital decay) · May 25, 2008 |
| Spacehab SH-17 (SM) | 2006-055A | Spacehab Inc. | — | — | — |
| ISS P5 ITS | 2006-055 | NASA Johnson Space Flight Center | — | — | — |
| MEPSI 2B | 2006-055B | Aerospace Corp. | — | — | — |
Source: GCAT launch list and payload catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0). Orbit values are the initial orbit reported for the launch.