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Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102
Launched 1986-01-12 11:55 UTCLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
3rd
orbital launch attempt in 1986
Lockheed Space Operations Company
1st
launch this year
Launch Complex 39A
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
46 d 11 h
since the pad's previous launch
STS-61-C was the twenty-fourth mission of the shuttle program and the seventh of the Space Shuttle Columbia. The mission included the second African-American shuttle pilot, future NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, the first Costa Rican born astronaut and the second sitting politican to fly in space: Bill Nelson.
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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