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STS-44
Human spaceflight. STS-44 was launched on November 24, 1991 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Dec 1, 1991).
COSPAR 1991-080ANORAD 21795United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Atlantis (STS-44)
- Common name
- STS-44
- Payload designation
- OV-104
- International designator
- 1991-080A
- NORAD catalog number
- 21795
- GCAT identifier
- S21795
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
- November 24, 1991 · 23:44 UTC
- Launch record
- 1991-080Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 361 km
- Apogee
- 367 km
- Inclination
- 28.46°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- December 1, 1991
- Last known active
- Dec 1, 1991
- End of operations
- Dec 1, 1991
Size
- Mass
- 92.1 t
- Dry mass
- 85.5 t
- Total mass with attached objects
- 112.1 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 Q905035 (CC0).