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Launched 1997-11-19 19:46 UTCLaunch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
76th
orbital launch attempt in 1997
United Space Alliance
7th
launch this year
Launch Complex 39B
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
311 d 10 h
since the pad's previous launch
STS-87 was a Space Shuttle mission launched from Launch Complex 39B of the Kennedy Space Center on 19 November 1997. It was the 88th flight of the Space Shuttle, and the 24th flight of Columbia. The mission goals were to conduct experiments using the United States Microgravity Payload (USMP-4), conduct two EVAs, and to deploy the SPARTAN-201 experiment.
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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