Status
Success
Rocket
Vehicles
Mission Details
STS-2
This mission tested the Shuttle Imaging Radar as part of the OSTA-1 payload, along with a wide range of other experiments including the Shuttle robotic arm, commonly known as Canadarm.[3] Other experiments or tests included the Shuttle Multispectral Infrared Radiometer, Feature Identification and Location Experiment, Measurement of Air Pollution from Satellites, Ocean Color Experiment, Night/Day Optical Survey of Lightning, Heflex Bioengineering Test, and Aerodynamic Coefficient Identification Package (ACIP).[3] One of the feats accomplished was various tests on the OMS including starting and restarting the rocket engines while in orbit and various adjustments to its orbit.
Total Mass: 8,517.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA
Stats
1981
113th orbital launch attempt
Space Shuttle
2nd mission
2nd mission of 1981
2nd successful mission