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United Space AllianceLaunch SuccessfulHuman ExplorationSpace Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104
Launched 1997-01-12 09:27:23 UTCLaunch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
1st
orbital launch attempt in 1997
United Space Alliance
1st
launch this year
Launch Complex 39B
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
53 d 13 h
since the pad's previous launch
STS-81 was a January 1997 Space Shuttle Atlantis mission to the Mir 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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