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United Space AllianceLaunch SuccessfulHuman ExplorationSpace Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104
Launched 2001-02-07 23:13:02 UTCLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
6th
orbital launch attempt in 2001
United Space Alliance
1st
launch this year
Launch Complex 39A
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
118 d 23 h
since the pad's previous launch
STS-98 was a 2001 Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis. It was the first human spaceflight launch of the 21st century. STS-98 delivered to the station the Destiny Laboratory Module.
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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