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STS-41-B
Human spaceflight. STS-41-B was launched on February 3, 1984 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Feb 11, 1984).
COSPAR 1984-011ANORAD 14681United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Challenger (STS 41-B)
- Common name
- STS-41-B
- Payload designation
- OV-099
- International designator
- 1984-011A
- NORAD catalog number
- 14681
- GCAT identifier
- S14681
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/104
Mission
- Mission type
- Human spaceflight
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- OV-099
- Owner
- NASA JSC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Rockwell International (Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale)
- Platform (bus)
- STS OV
Launch
- Date
- February 3, 1984 · 13:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1984-011Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 305 km
- Apogee
- 322 km
- Inclination
- 28.47°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- February 11, 1984
- Last known active
- Feb 11, 1984
- End of operations
- Feb 11, 1984
Size
- Mass
- 92.7 t
- Dry mass
- 84.6 t
- Total mass with attached objects
- 106.2 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 Q583125 (CC0).