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CRISTA-SPAS II
Free-flying observatory carried on Space Shuttle mission STS-85. CRISTA-SPAS II was launched on August 7, 1997 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: attached to another object (Aug 7, 1997).
COSPAR 1997-039BNORAD 24890Germany
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- CRISTA-SPAS
- Common name
- CRISTA-SPAS II
- Payload designation
- ASTRO-SPAS
- International designator
- 1997-039B
- NORAD catalog number
- 24890
- GCAT identifier
- S24890
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/339
Mission
- Mission type
- Earth science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- ASTRO-SPAS
- Owner
- DLR
- Country
- Germany
- Builder
- DLR Raumfahrt-Agentur
- Platform (bus)
- ASTRO-SPAS
Launch
- Date
- August 7, 1997 · 14:41 UTC
- Launch record
- 1997-039Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 290 km
- Apogee
- 299 km
- Inclination
- 57.00°
- Status
- Attached to another object
- Status date
- August 7, 1997
- Last known active
- Aug 19, 1997
- End of operations
- Aug 19, 1997
Size
- Mass
- 3,503 kg
- Dry mass
- 3,503 kg
- Length
- 2.5 m
- Diameter
- 4.50 m
- Span
- 4.5 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q111498604 (CC0).