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STS-135

135th and final mission of the American Space Shuttle program. STS-135 was launched on July 8, 2011 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: docked with another object (Jul 10, 2011).

COSPAR 2011-031ANORAD 37736United States

Identity

Name in GCAT
Atlantis (STS-135)
Common name
STS-135
Payload designation
OV-104
International designator
2011-031A
NORAD catalog number
37736
GCAT identifier
S37736
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/632

Mission

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

Launch

Date
July 8, 2011 · 15:29 UTC
Launch record
2011-031Success
Spaceport
Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
214 km
Apogee
325 km
Inclination
51.64°
Status
Docked with another object
Status date
July 10, 2011
Last known active
Jul 21, 2011
End of operations
Jul 21, 2011

Size

Mass
97.7 t
Dry mass
87.8 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 Q309080 (CC0).