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STS-125

Human spaceflight. STS-125 was launched on May 11, 2009 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: landed (May 24, 2009).

COSPAR 2009-025ANORAD 34933United States

Identity

Name in GCAT
Atlantis (STS-125)
Common name
STS-125
Payload designation
OV-104
International designator
2009-025A
NORAD catalog number
34933
GCAT identifier
S34933
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/573

Mission

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

Launch

Date
May 11, 2009 · 18:01 UTC
Launch record
2009-025Success
Spaceport
Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
562 km
Apogee
566 km
Inclination
28.47°
Status
Landed
Status date
May 24, 2009
Last known active
May 24, 2009
End of operations
May 24, 2009

Size

Mass
102.3 t
Dry mass
89.6 t
Total mass with attached objects
115.4 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 Q217546 (CC0).