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STS-64

Human spaceflight. STS-64 was launched on September 9, 1994 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Sep 20, 1994).

COSPAR 1994-059ANORAD 23251United States

Identity

Name in GCAT
Discovery (STS-64)
Common name
STS-64
Payload designation
OV-103
International designator
1994-059A
NORAD catalog number
23251
GCAT identifier
S23251
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/278

Mission

Mission type
Human spaceflight
Use
Civil government
Program
OV-103
Country
United States
Builder
Rockwell International (Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale)
Platform (bus)
STS OV

Launch

Date
September 9, 1994 · 22:22 UTC
Launch record
1994-059Success
Spaceport
Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39B

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
253 km
Apogee
265 km
Inclination
57.01°
Status
Landed
Status date
September 20, 1994
Last known active
Sep 20, 1994
End of operations
Sep 20, 1994

Size

Mass
95.5 t
Dry mass
87.0 t
Total mass with attached objects
104.7 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 Q369538 (CC0).