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STS-41
Human spaceflight. STS-41 was launched on October 6, 1990 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Oct 10, 1990).
COSPAR 1990-090ANORAD 20841United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Discovery (STS-41)
- Common name
- STS-41
- Payload designation
- OV-103
- International designator
- 1990-090A
- NORAD catalog number
- 20841
- GCAT identifier
- S20841
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/250
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
- October 6, 1990 · 11:47 UTC
- Launch record
- 1990-090Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 283 km
- Apogee
- 302 km
- Inclination
- 28.47°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- October 10, 1990
- Last known active
- Oct 10, 1990
- End of operations
- Oct 10, 1990
Size
- Mass
- 91.3 t
- Dry mass
- 85.5 t
- Total mass with attached objects
- 112.5 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 Q834714 (CC0).