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STS-95

Space Shuttle mission. STS-95 was launched on October 29, 1998 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Nov 7, 1998).

COSPAR 1998-064ANORAD 25519United States

Identity

Name in GCAT
Discovery (STS-95)
Common name
STS-95
Payload designation
OV-103
International designator
1998-064A
NORAD catalog number
25519
GCAT identifier
S25519
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/353

Mission

Mission type
Human spaceflight
Use
Civil government
Program
OV-103
Country
United States
Builder
Boeing North American/Palmdale
Platform (bus)
STS OV

Launch

Date
October 29, 1998 · 19:19 UTC
Launch record
1998-064Success
Spaceport
Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39B

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
550 km
Apogee
560 km
Inclination
28.47°
Status
Landed
Status date
November 7, 1998
Last known active
Nov 7, 1998
End of operations
Nov 7, 1998

Size

Mass
97.1 t
Dry mass
88.3 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 Q835717 (CC0).