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STS-85
Human spaceflight. STS-85 was launched on August 7, 1997 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Aug 19, 1997).
COSPAR 1997-039ANORAD 24889United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Discovery (STS-85)
- Common name
- STS-85
- Payload designation
- OV-103
- International designator
- 1997-039A
- NORAD catalog number
- 24889
- GCAT identifier
- S24889
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/339
Mission
- Mission type
- Human spaceflight
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- OV-103
- Owner
- NASA JSC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Boeing North American/Palmdale
- Platform (bus)
- STS OV
Launch
- Date
- August 7, 1997 · 14:41 UTC
- Launch record
- 1997-039Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 289 km
- Apogee
- 300 km
- Inclination
- 56.99°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- August 19, 1997
- Last known active
- Aug 19, 1997
- End of operations
- Aug 19, 1997
Size
- Mass
- 96.0 t
- Dry mass
- 88.4 t
- Total mass with attached objects
- 108.0 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 Q1426954 (CC0).