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STS-79
Human spaceflight. STS-79 was launched on September 16, 1996 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: docked with another object (Sep 19, 1996).
COSPAR 1996-057ANORAD 24324United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Atlantis (STS-79)
- Common name
- STS-79
- Payload designation
- OV-104
- International designator
- 1996-057A
- NORAD catalog number
- 24324
- GCAT identifier
- S24324
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/322
Mission
- Mission type
- Human spaceflight
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- OV-104
- Owner
- NASA JSC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Rockwell International (Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale)
- Platform (bus)
- STS OV
Launch
- Date
- September 16, 1996 · 08:54 UTC
- Launch record
- 1996-057Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 251 km
- Apogee
- 298 km
- Inclination
- 51.65°
- Status
- Docked with another object
- Status date
- September 19, 1996
- Last known active
- Sep 25, 1996
- End of operations
- Sep 25, 1996
Size
- Mass
- 100.2 t
- Dry mass
- 89.8 t
- Total mass with attached objects
- 109.7 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 Q1143968 (CC0).