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STS-9
Human spaceflight. STS-9 was launched on November 28, 1983 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Dec 8, 1983).
COSPAR 1983-116ANORAD 14523United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Columbia (STS-9)
- Common name
- STS-9
- Payload designation
- OV-102
- International designator
- 1983-116A
- NORAD catalog number
- 14523
- GCAT identifier
- S14523
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/102
Mission
- Mission type
- Human spaceflight
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- OV-102
- Owner
- NASA JSC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Rockwell International (Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale)
- Platform (bus)
- STS OV
Launch
- Date
- November 28, 1983 · 16:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1983-116Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 241 km
- Apogee
- 251 km
- Inclination
- 57.02°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- December 8, 1983
- Last known active
- Dec 8, 1983
- End of operations
- Dec 8, 1983
Size
- Mass
- 93.6 t
- Dry mass
- 86.4 t
- Total mass with attached objects
- 107.0 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 Q312052 (CC0).