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STS-5

Human spaceflight. STS-5 was launched on November 11, 1982 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Nov 16, 1982).

COSPAR 1982-110ANORAD 13650United States

Identity

Name in GCAT
Columbia (STS-5)
Common name
STS-5
Payload designation
OV-102
International designator
1982-110A
NORAD catalog number
13650
GCAT identifier
S13650
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/075

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
November 11, 1982 · 12:19 UTC
Launch record
1982-110Success
Spaceport
Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
296 km
Apogee
318 km
Inclination
28.47°
Status
Landed
Status date
November 16, 1982
Last known active
Nov 16, 1982
End of operations
Nov 16, 1982

Size

Mass
90.5 t
Dry mass
84.1 t
Total mass with attached objects
104.9 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 Q281398 (CC0).