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United Space AllianceLaunch SuccessfulHuman ExplorationSpace Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105
Launched 1998-12-04 08:35:34 UTCLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
74th
orbital launch attempt in 1998
United Space Alliance
3rd
launch this year
Launch Complex 39A
3rd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
184 d 10 h
since the pad's previous launch
STS-88 was the first Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). It was flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour, and took the first American module, the Unity node, to the station.
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
0
scheduled
Height
56.1m
Diameter
8m
To low Earth orbit
27,500kg
Liftoff thrust
28,200kN
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