Rockwell InternationalLaunch SuccessfulTest Flight

STS‑2

Name: Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-2
Start: 1981-11-12T15:10:00Z
Location: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102

Launched Thu, Nov 12 · 3:10 PM UTC1981-11-12 15:10 UTCLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Reached orbit

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Success

Reached Low Earth Orbit

Worldwide

113th

orbital launch attempt in 1981

Rockwell International

1st

launch this year

Launch Complex 39A

2nd

launch from this pad this year

Pad turnaround

214 d 3 h

since the pad's previous launch

Replay

Replay: STS-2: Space Shuttle Columbia

Mission

STS-2 was the second flight of the Space Shuttle program. It flew on Columbia again marking the first time in history that a manned, reusable orbital vehicle returned to orbit for a second time.

Launch Provider

Rockwell International

Commercial · United States of America

Launches

Successful

100%

Upcoming

scheduled

All Rockwell International launches Website Wikipedia

Crew

All astronauts

Space Shuttle

Vehicle history

Height

56.1m

Diameter

To low Earth orbit

27,500kg

Liftoff thrust

28,200kN

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Rockwell InternationalLaunch SuccessfulTest Flight

STS‑2

Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102

Launched Thu, Nov 12 · 3:10 PM UTC1981-11-12 15:10 UTCLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Reached orbit

Follow Rockwell International in the app Watch the replay

Success

Reached Low Earth Orbit

Worldwide

113th

orbital launch attempt in 1981

Rockwell International

1st

launch this year

Launch Complex 39A

2nd

launch from this pad this year

Pad turnaround

214 d 3 h

since the pad's previous launch

Replay

Replay: STS-2: Space Shuttle Columbia

Mission

STS-2 was the second flight of the Space Shuttle program. It flew on Columbia again marking the first time in history that a manned, reusable orbital vehicle returned to orbit for a second time.

Launch Provider

Rockwell International

Commercial · United States of America

Launches

Successful

100%

Upcoming

scheduled

All Rockwell International launches Website Wikipedia

Crew

All astronauts

Space Shuttle

Vehicle history

Height

56.1m

Diameter

To low Earth orbit

27,500kg

Liftoff thrust

28,200kN

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Mission

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