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United Space AllianceLaunch SuccessfulSpace Shuttle Columbia / OV-102
Launched 1998-04-17 18:19 UTCLaunch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
23rd
orbital launch attempt in 1998
United Space Alliance
2nd
launch this year
Launch Complex 39B
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
148 d 22 h
since the pad's previous launch
STS-90 was a 1998 Space Shuttle mission flown by the Space Shuttle Columbia. The 16-day mission marked the last flight of the European Space Agency's Spacelab laboratory module, which had first flown on Columbia on STS-9, and was also the last daytime landing for Columbia.
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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