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Unity

Connecting module of the International Space Station. Unity was launched on December 4, 1998 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit, attached to another object.

COSPAR 1998-069FNORAD 25575United States

Identity

Name in GCAT: Unity
Payload designation: ISS Node 1
International designator: 1998-069F
NORAD catalog number: 25575
GCAT identifier: S25575
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/418

Mission

Mission type: Human spaceflight
Use: Civil government
Program: ISS Node
Owner: NASA JSC
Country: United States
Builder: Boeing Huntsville (HIA)
Platform (bus): ISS Node

Launch

Date: December 4, 1998 · 08:35 UTC
Launch record: 1998-069Success
Rocket: Space Shuttle
Spaceport: Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LLEO/I
Perigee: 387 km
Apogee: 400 km
Inclination: 51.59°
Status: In orbit, attached to another object
Last known active: February 2023

Size

Mass: 9,280 kg
Dry mass: 9,280 kg
Total mass with attached objects: 11.6 t
Length: 5.2 m
Diameter: 4.40 m
Span: 5.2 m

Launched together

STS-88Human spaceflight · NASA JSC SAC-ACommunications · CONAE Tabanera MightySat-1Technology · AFRL/RV

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q533336 (CC0).