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STS-1
1981 Space Shuttle mission, first orbital flight of the Shuttle Columbia. STS-1 was launched on April 12, 1981 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Apr 14, 1981).
COSPAR 1981-034ANORAD 12399United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Columbia (STS-1)
- Common name
- STS-1
- Payload designation
- OV-102
- International designator
- 1981-034A
- NORAD catalog number
- 12399
- GCAT identifier
- S12399
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/052
Mission
- Mission type
- Human spaceflight
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- OV-102
- Owner
- NASA JSC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Rockwell International (Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale)
- Platform (bus)
- STS OV
Launch
- Date
- April 12, 1981 · 12:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1981-034Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 266 km
- Apogee
- 271 km
- Inclination
- 40.34°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- April 14, 1981
- Last known active
- Apr 14, 1981
- End of operations
- Apr 14, 1981
Size
- Mass
- 89.7 t
- Dry mass
- 83.9 t
- Total mass with attached objects
- 94.5 t
- Length
- 37.3 m
- Diameter
- 23.80 m
- Span
- 37.3 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q217543 (CC0).