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Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103
Launched 1995-02-03 05:22:04 UTCLaunch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
6th
orbital launch attempt in 1995
Lockheed Space Operations Company
1st
launch this year
Launch Complex 39B
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
91 d 12 h
since the pad's previous launch
STS-63 was the first mission of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program, which carried out the first rendezvous of the American Space Shuttle with Russia's space station Mir. Known as the 'Near-Mir' mission, the flight used Space Shuttle Discovery, which lifted off from launch pad 39B on 3 February 1995 from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
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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