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STS-61
The first Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission. STS-61 was launched on December 2, 1993 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Dec 13, 1993).
COSPAR 1993-075ANORAD 22917United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Endeavour (STS-61)
- Common name
- STS-61
- Payload designation
- OV-105
- International designator
- 1993-075A
- NORAD catalog number
- 22917
- GCAT identifier
- S22917
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/274
Mission
- Mission type
- Human spaceflight
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- OV-105
- Owner
- NASA JSC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Rockwell International (Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale)
- Platform (bus)
- STS OV
Launch
- Date
- December 2, 1993 · 09:27 UTC
- Launch record
- 1993-075Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 579 km
- Apogee
- 592 km
- Inclination
- 28.47°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- December 13, 1993
- Last known active
- Dec 13, 1993
- End of operations
- Dec 13, 1993
Size
- Mass
- 99.8 t
- Dry mass
- 88.8 t
- Total mass with attached objects
- 107.5 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 Q113808 (CC0).