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STS-26
Human spaceflight. STS-26 was launched on September 29, 1988 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Oct 3, 1988).
COSPAR 1988-091ANORAD 19547United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Discovery (STS-26R)
- Common name
- STS-26
- Payload designation
- OV-103
- International designator
- 1988-091A
- NORAD catalog number
- 19547
- GCAT identifier
- S19547
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/208
Mission
- Mission type
- Human spaceflight
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- OV-103
- Owner
- NASA JSC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Rockwell International (Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale)
- Platform (bus)
- STS OV
Launch
- Date
- September 29, 1988 · 15:37 UTC
- Launch record
- 1988-091Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 302 km
- Apogee
- 331 km
- Inclination
- 28.47°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- October 3, 1988
- Last known active
- Oct 3, 1988
- End of operations
- Oct 3, 1988
Size
- Mass
- 90.4 t
- Dry mass
- 85.2 t
- Total mass with attached objects
- 110.3 t
- Length
- 37.3 m
- Diameter
- 23.80 m
- Span
- 37.3 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q752766 (CC0).