Status
Success
STS-75
Launch Time
Thu Feb 22, 1996 12:18 PM PST
Thu Feb 22, 1996 12:18 PM PST
Rocket
NASA
Status: Retired
Price: $450.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 30,250 kN
Payload to LEO: 27,500 kg
Payload to GTO: 3,810 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 2
Rocket Height: 56.1 m
Vehicles
OV-102
Flight #19
Kennedy SLF Runway 33
125 day turnaround
Mission Details
STS-75
The primary objective of STS-75 was to carry the Tethered Satellite System Reflight (TSS-1R) into orbit and to deploy it spaceward on a conducting tether. The mission also flew the United States Microgravity Payload (USMP-3) designed to investigate materials science and condensed matter physics.
Total Mass: 10,592 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
LC-39B, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA
Stats
1996
13th orbital launch attempt
Space Shuttle
75th mission
2nd mission of 1996
74th successful mission
50th consecutive successful mission