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STS-6
Human spaceflight. STS-6 was launched on April 4, 1983 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Apr 9, 1983).
COSPAR 1983-026ANORAD 13968United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Challenger (STS-6)
- Common name
- STS-6
- Payload designation
- OV-099
- International designator
- 1983-026A
- NORAD catalog number
- 13968
- GCAT identifier
- S13968
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/096
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
- April 4, 1983 · 18:30 UTC
- Launch record
- 1983-026Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 279 km
- Apogee
- 289 km
- Inclination
- 28.47°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- April 9, 1983
- Last known active
- Apr 9, 1983
- End of operations
- Apr 9, 1983
Size
- Mass
- 88.2 t
- Dry mass
- 82.1 t
- Total mass with attached objects
- 109.5 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 Q731368 (CC0).