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STS-90
Human spaceflight. STS-90 was launched on April 17, 1998 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: landed (May 3, 1998).
COSPAR 1998-022ANORAD 25297United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Columbia (STS-90)
- Common name
- STS-90
- Payload designation
- OV-102
- International designator
- 1998-022A
- NORAD catalog number
- 25297
- GCAT identifier
- S25297
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/344
Mission
- Mission type
- Human spaceflight
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- OV-102
- Owner
- NASA JSC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Boeing North American/Palmdale
- Platform (bus)
- STS OV
Launch
- Date
- April 17, 1998 · 18:19 UTC
- Launch record
- 1998-022Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 252 km
- Apogee
- 281 km
- Inclination
- 39.00°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- May 3, 1998
- Last known active
- May 3, 1998
- End of operations
- May 3, 1998
Size
- Mass
- 97.7 t
- Dry mass
- 92.5 t
- Total mass with attached objects
- 112.5 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 Q262787 (CC0).