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STS-62

Human spaceflight. STS-62 was launched on March 4, 1994 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Mar 18, 1994).

COSPAR 1994-015ANORAD 23025United States

Identity

Name in GCAT
Columbia (STS-62)
Common name
STS-62
Payload designation
OV-102
International designator
1994-015A
NORAD catalog number
23025
GCAT identifier
S23025
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/276

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
March 4, 1994 · 13:53 UTC
Launch record
1994-015Success
Spaceport
Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39B

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
296 km
Apogee
305 km
Inclination
39.01°
Status
Landed
Status date
March 18, 1994
Last known active
Mar 18, 1994
End of operations
Mar 18, 1994

Size

Mass
99.1 t
Dry mass
92.8 t
Total mass with attached objects
111.3 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 Q609517 (CC0).