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STS-2
Human spaceflight. STS-2 was launched on November 12, 1981 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Nov 14, 1981).
COSPAR 1981-111ANORAD 12953United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Columbia (STS-2)
- Common name
- STS-2
- Payload designation
- OV-102
- International designator
- 1981-111A
- NORAD catalog number
- 12953
- GCAT identifier
- S12953
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/063
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
- November 12, 1981 · 15:10 UTC
- Launch record
- 1981-111Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 254 km
- Apogee
- 264 km
- Inclination
- 38.03°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- November 14, 1981
- Last known active
- Nov 14, 1981
- End of operations
- Nov 14, 1981
Size
- Mass
- 91.1 t
- Dry mass
- 84.0 t
- Total mass with attached objects
- 99.7 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 Q217538 (CC0).