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STS-27
Human spaceflight. STS-27 was launched on December 2, 1988 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Dec 6, 1988).
COSPAR 1988-106ANORAD 19670United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Atlantis (STS-27)
- Common name
- STS-27
- Payload designation
- OV-104
- International designator
- 1988-106A
- NORAD catalog number
- 19670
- GCAT identifier
- S19670
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/208
Mission
- Mission type
- Human spaceflight
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- OV-104
- Owner
- NASA JSC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Rockwell International (Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale)
- Platform (bus)
- STS OV
Launch
- Date
- December 2, 1988 · 14:30 UTC
- Launch record
- 1988-106Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 443 km
- Apogee
- 454 km
- Inclination
- 56.99°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- December 6, 1988
- Last known active
- Dec 6, 1988
- End of operations
- Dec 6, 1988
Size
- Mass
- 92.6 t
- Dry mass
- 85.7 t
- Total mass with attached objects
- 108.5 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 Q568763 (CC0).