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Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-32

Lockheed Space Operations CompanyLaunch Complex 39A — Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

mission

Name
STS-32
Type
Communications
Target orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

STS-32 was the thirty-third mission of the shuttle program and ninth of Columbia. It was the first use of Launch Pad 39A and also marked the first use of the Mobile Launcher Platform No. 3 (MLP-3) in the shuttle program. This was the longest flight of the shuttle program lasting nearly 11 days. Its primary missions were to deploy a defence 10 satellite and retrieved NASAs Long Duration Exposure Facility.

schedule

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vehicle & provider

Rocket
Space Shuttle
Provider
Lockheed Space Operations Company
Type
Commercial
Country
USA

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launch site

Pad
Launch Complex 39A
Location
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Country
USA
Timezone
America/New_York