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United Space AllianceLaunch SuccessfulHuman ExplorationSpace Shuttle Discovery / OV-103
Launched 2006-12-10 01:47:35 UTCLaunch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
59th
orbital launch attempt in 2006
United Space Alliance
3rd
launch this year
Launch Complex 39B
3rd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
91 d 10 h
since the pad's previous launch
STS-116 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery. Discovery lifted off on 9 December 2006 at 20:47:35 EST. A previous launch attempt on 7 December had been canceled due to cloud cover. It was the first night launch of a space shuttle since STS-113 in November 2002. The mission is also referred to as ISS-12A.1 by the ISS program. The main goals of the mission were delivery and attachment of the International Space Station's P5 truss segment, a major rewiring of the station's power system, and exchange of ISS Expedition 14 personnel.
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
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98%
Upcoming
0
scheduled
Height
56.1m
Diameter
8m
To low Earth orbit
27,500kg
Liftoff thrust
28,200kN
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