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Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104
Launched 1991-08-02 15:02 UTCLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
56th
orbital launch attempt in 1991
Lockheed Space Operations Company
4th
launch this year
Launch Complex 39A
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
96 d 3 h
since the pad's previous launch
STS-43 was the ninth flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. The nine day mission had a primary goal of launching the fifth Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-E.
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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