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STS-107

Final flight of Space Shuttle Columbia. STS-107 was launched on January 16, 2003 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: deorbited (Feb 1, 2003).

COSPAR 2003-003ANORAD 27647United States

Identity

Name in GCAT
Columbia (STS-107)
Common name
STS-107
Payload designation
OV-102
International designator
2003-003A
NORAD catalog number
27647
GCAT identifier
S27647
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/428

Mission

Mission type
Human spaceflight
Use
Civil government
Program
STS
Country
United States
Builder
Boeing North American/Palmdale
Platform (bus)
STS OV

Launch

Date
January 16, 2003 · 15:39 UTC
Launch record
2003-003Success
Spaceport
Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
270 km
Apogee
282 km
Inclination
39.00°
Status
Deorbited
Status date
February 1, 2003
Last known active
Feb 1, 2003
End of operations
Feb 1, 2003

Size

Mass
99.2 t
Dry mass
93.5 t
Total mass with attached objects
113.5 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 Q178836 (CC0).