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Skylab
Space station launched and operated by NASA. Skylab was launched on May 14, 1973 aboard a Saturn V from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Jul 11, 1979).
COSPAR 1973-027ANORAD 6633United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Skylab Orbital Workshop
- Common name
- Skylab
- Payload designation
- Skylab I OWS
- International designator
- 1973-027A
- NORAD catalog number
- 6633
- GCAT identifier
- S06633
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.278
Mission
- Mission type
- Human spaceflight
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Saturn V
- Owner
- NASA MSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas Astronautics/HB
- Platform (bus)
- S-IVB OWS
Launch
- Date
- May 14, 1973 · 17:30 UTC
- Launch record
- 1973-027Success
- Rocket
- Saturn V
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 421 km
- Apogee
- 444 km
- Inclination
- 50.04°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- July 11, 1979
- Last known active
- Jun 11, 1979
- End of operations
- Jun 11, 1979
Size
- Mass
- 34.0 t
- Dry mass
- 32.7 t
- Total mass with attached objects
- 75.7 t
- Length
- 36.1 m
- Diameter
- 6.60 m
- Span
- 36.1 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q190776 (CC0).