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STS-48
Human spaceflight. STS-48 was launched on September 12, 1991 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Sep 18, 1991).
COSPAR 1991-063ANORAD 21700United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Discovery (STS-48)
- Common name
- STS-48
- Payload designation
- OV-103
- International designator
- 1991-063A
- NORAD catalog number
- 21700
- GCAT identifier
- S21700
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/258
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
- September 12, 1991 · 23:11 UTC
- Launch record
- 1991-063Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 563 km
- Apogee
- 575 km
- Inclination
- 56.98°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- September 18, 1991
- Last known active
- Sep 18, 1991
- End of operations
- Sep 18, 1991
Size
- Mass
- 93.9 t
- Dry mass
- 86.2 t
- Total mass with attached objects
- 101.7 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 Q845723 (CC0).