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STS-98

2001 Space Shuttle mission to the ISS. STS-98 was launched on February 7, 2001 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: docked with another object (Feb 9, 2001).

COSPAR 2001-006ANORAD 26698United States

Identity

Name in GCAT
Atlantis (STS-98)
Common name
STS-98
Payload designation
OV-104
International designator
2001-006A
NORAD catalog number
26698
GCAT identifier
S26698
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/392

Mission

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

Launch

Date
February 7, 2001 · 23:13 UTC
Launch record
2001-006Success
Spaceport
Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
183 km
Apogee
337 km
Inclination
51.30°
Status
Docked with another object
Status date
February 9, 2001
Last known active
Feb 20, 2001
End of operations
Feb 20, 2001

Size

Mass
98.8 t
Dry mass
86.6 t
Total mass with attached objects
113.9 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 Q977964 (CC0).