US space shuttle history

[glactus]

The 6 US space shuttles

Launch history

Status Active
Launch sites LC-39, Kennedy Space Center
SLC-6, Vandenberg AFB (unused)
Total launches 135
Successes 134 successful launches
132 successful re-entries

Failures 2:
(launch failure, Challenger); and
(re-entry failure, Columbia)
Maiden flight April 12, 1981
Notable payloads Tracking and Data Relay Satellites
Spacelab

Great Observatories (including Hubble)
Galileo, Magellan, Ulysses
Mir Docking Module
ISS components
Boosters (Stage 0) - Solid Rocket Boosters
â„– boosters 2

Engines 1 solid
Thrust 12.5 MN each, sea level liftoff (2,800,000 lbf)
Specific impulse 269 s
Burn time 124 s
Fuel solid

First stage - External Tank
Engines 3 SSMEs located on Orbiter
Thrust 5.45220 MN total, sea level liftoff (1,225,704 lbf)
Specific impulse 455 s
Burn time 480 s
Fuel LOX/LH2

Second stage - Orbiter
Engines 2 OME
Thrust 53.4 kN combined total vacuum thrust (12,000 lbf)
Specific impulse 316 s
Burn time 1250 s
Fuel MMH/N2O4



Atlantis - the last launch

Credits: space art by Glactus
Text by wikipedia
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[starrdawg]

You forgot Enterprise. While it never flew, it was the test prototype.

FYI: Atlantis will find its new home at the Cape Canaveral space center when decommissioned.

[glactus]

Thank you for that information R.J. I will include Enterprise underneath the others.


Launching the relay satellite

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