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Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103
Launched 1995-07-13 13:41:55 UTCLaunch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
39th
orbital launch attempt in 1995
Lockheed Space Operations Company
3rd
launch this year
Launch Complex 39B
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
160 d 8 h
since the pad's previous launch
STS-70 was the 21st flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery, and the last of 7 shuttle missions to carry a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS). This was the first shuttle mission controlled from the new mission control center room at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. STS-70 was also the first flight of the new Block 1 orbiter main engine, designed to improve both engine performance and safety.
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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