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STS-4

Human spaceflight. STS-4 was launched on June 27, 1982 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Jul 4, 1982).

COSPAR 1982-065ANORAD 13300United States

Identity

Name in GCAT
Columbia (STS-4)
Common name
STS-4
Payload designation
OV-102
International designator
1982-065A
NORAD catalog number
13300
GCAT identifier
S13300
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/068

Mission

Mission type
Human spaceflight
Use
Civil government
Program
OV-102
Country
United States
Builder
Rockwell International (Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale)
Platform (bus)
STS OV

Launch

Date
June 27, 1982 · 15:00 UTC
Launch record
1982-065Success
Spaceport
Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
295 km
Apogee
304 km
Inclination
28.52°
Status
Landed
Status date
July 4, 1982
Last known active
Jul 4, 1982
End of operations
Jul 4, 1982

Size

Mass
93.4 t
Dry mass
84.5 t
Total mass with attached objects
103.6 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 Q682663 (CC0).