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Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104
Launched 1988-12-02 14:30:34 UTCLaunch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
111th
orbital launch attempt in 1988
Lockheed Space Operations Company
2nd
launch this year
Launch Complex 39B
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
63 d 22 h
since the pad's previous launch
STS-27 was the twenty-seventh and the third for Atlantis. It carried a classified payload for the Department of Defence. The heat shielding was substantially damaged during lift-off, impacting the right wing. The crew narrowly survived re-entry with a steal bar taking the brunt of the heat before beginning to burn through the aluminum structure.
Launches
65
Successful
64
98%
Upcoming
0
scheduled
Height
56.1m
Diameter
8m
To low Earth orbit
27,500kg
Liftoff thrust
28,200kN
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