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United Space AllianceLaunch SuccessfulHuman ExplorationSpace Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104
Launched 1996-09-16 08:54:49 UTCLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
61st
orbital launch attempt in 1996
United Space Alliance
1st
launch this year
Launch Complex 39A
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
308 d 20 h
since the pad's previous launch
STS-79 was the 17th flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis, and the 79th mission of the Space Shuttle program. The flight saw Atlantis dock with the Russian space station Mir to deliver equipment, supplies and relief personnel. A variety of scientific experiments were also conducted aboard Atlantis by her crew. It was the first shuttle mission to rendezvous with a fully assembled Mir, and the fourth rendezvous of a shuttle to the space station.
United Space Alliance (USA) is a spaceflight operations company. USA is a joint venture which was established in August 1995 as a Limited Liability Company (LLC), equally owned by Boeing and Lockheed Martin.
Launches
51
Successful
50
98%
Upcoming
0
scheduled
Height
56.1m
Diameter
8m
To low Earth orbit
27,500kg
Liftoff thrust
28,200kN
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