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STS‑68

Name: Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-68
Start: 1994-09-30T11:16:01Z
Location: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105

Launched Fri, Sep 30 · 11:16:01 AM UTC1994-09-30 11:16:01 UTCLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Reached orbit

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Success

Reached Low Earth Orbit

Worldwide

65th

orbital launch attempt in 1994

Lockheed Space Operations Company

6th

launch this year

Launch Complex 39A

4th

launch from this pad this year

Pad turnaround

83 d 18 h

since the pad's previous launch

Replay

Replay: STS-68 launch & landing (9-30-94)

Mission

STS-68 was a human spaceflight mission using Space Shuttle Endeavour that launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 30 September 1994.

Launch Provider

Lockheed Space Operations Company

Commercial · United States of America

Launches

Successful

98%

Upcoming

scheduled

All Lockheed Space Operations Company launches

Crew

All astronauts

Space Shuttle

Vehicle history

Height

56.1m

Diameter

To low Earth orbit

27,500kg

Liftoff thrust

28,200kN

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Lockheed Space Operations CompanyLaunch SuccessfulEarth Science

STS‑68

Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105

Launched Fri, Sep 30 · 11:16:01 AM UTC1994-09-30 11:16:01 UTCLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Reached orbit

Follow Lockheed Space Operations Company in the app Watch the replay

Success

Reached Low Earth Orbit

Worldwide

65th

orbital launch attempt in 1994

Lockheed Space Operations Company

6th

launch this year

Launch Complex 39A

4th

launch from this pad this year

Pad turnaround

83 d 18 h

since the pad's previous launch

Replay

Replay: STS-68 launch & landing (9-30-94)

Mission

STS-68 was a human spaceflight mission using Space Shuttle Endeavour that launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 30 September 1994.

Launch Provider

Lockheed Space Operations Company

Commercial · United States of America

Launches

Successful

98%

Upcoming

scheduled

All Lockheed Space Operations Company launches

Crew

All astronauts

Space Shuttle

Vehicle history

Height

56.1m

Diameter

To low Earth orbit

27,500kg

Liftoff thrust

28,200kN

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