Space Launch NowUpcoming Launches
All upcoming launchesLoading launches
Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103
Launched 1999-05-27 10:49:42 UTCLaunch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
31st
orbital launch attempt in 1999
Lockheed Space Operations Company
1st
launch this year
Launch Complex 39B
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
209 d 15 h
since the pad's previous launch
STS-96 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery, and the first shuttle flight to dock with the International Space Station. The shuttle carried the Spacehab module in the payload, filled with cargo for station outfitting. STS-96 launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 27 May 1999 at 06:49:42 AM EDT.
Launches
65
Successful
64
98%
Upcoming
0
scheduled
Height
56.1m
Diameter
8m
To low Earth orbit
27,500kg
Liftoff thrust
28,200kN
Space Launch Now for iOS and Android
Notifications before every launch you follow, live countdowns on your home screen and watch, and webcasts as they start.
