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STS-80

Human spaceflight. STS-80 was launched on November 19, 1996 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Dec 7, 1996).

COSPAR 1996-065ANORAD 24660United States

Identity

Name in GCAT
Columbia (STS-80)
Common name
STS-80
Payload designation
OV-102
International designator
1996-065A
NORAD catalog number
24660
GCAT identifier
S24660
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/322

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
November 19, 1996 · 19:55 UTC
Launch record
1996-065Success
Spaceport
Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39B

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
346 km
Apogee
358 km
Inclination
28.47°
Status
Landed
Status date
December 7, 1996
Last known active
Dec 7, 1996
End of operations
Dec 7, 1996

Size

Mass
99.7 t
Dry mass
90.2 t
Total mass with attached objects
112.8 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 Q918632 (CC0).