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STS-56
Human spaceflight. STS-56 was launched on April 8, 1993 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Apr 17, 1993).
COSPAR 1993-023ANORAD 22621United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Discovery (STS-56)
- Common name
- STS-56
- Payload designation
- OV-103
- International designator
- 1993-023A
- NORAD catalog number
- 22621
- GCAT identifier
- S22621
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/269
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
- April 8, 1993 · 05:29 UTC
- Launch record
- 1993-023Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 292 km
- Apogee
- 298 km
- Inclination
- 57.00°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- April 17, 1993
- Last known active
- Apr 17, 1993
- End of operations
- Apr 17, 1993
Size
- Mass
- 94.5 t
- Dry mass
- 86.5 t
- Total mass with attached objects
- 102.3 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 Q240585 (CC0).