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STS-8
Human spaceflight. STS-8 was launched on August 30, 1983 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Sep 5, 1983).
COSPAR 1983-089ANORAD 14312United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Challenger (STS-8)
- Common name
- STS-8
- Payload designation
- OV-099
- International designator
- 1983-089A
- NORAD catalog number
- 14312
- GCAT identifier
- S14312
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/097
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
- August 30, 1983 · 06:32 UTC
- Launch record
- 1983-089Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 298 km
- Apogee
- 309 km
- Inclination
- 28.47°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- September 5, 1983
- Last known active
- Sep 5, 1983
- End of operations
- Sep 5, 1983
Size
- Mass
- 90.6 t
- Dry mass
- 83.3 t
- Total mass with attached objects
- 103.1 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 Q377764 (CC0).