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United Space AllianceLaunch SuccessfulHuman ExplorationSpace Shuttle Discovery / OV-103
Launched 2011-02-24 21:53:24 UTCLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
8th
orbital launch attempt in 2011
United Space Alliance
1st
launch this year
Launch Complex 39A
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
286 d 3 h
since the pad's previous launch
STS-133 was an ISS assembly flight. Payload included the Permanent Multipurpose Module Leonardo, which was left permanently docked to one of the station's ports. The shuttle also carried the third of four ExPRESS Logistics Carriers to the ISS, as well as a humanoid robot called Robonaut.
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
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scheduled
Height
56.1m
Diameter
8m
To low Earth orbit
27,500kg
Liftoff thrust
28,200kN
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