Space Shuttle Columbia

Launch Time
Sun Jun 27, 1982 15:00 UTC

Final R&D flight of the Space Shuttle, and first classified payload for the Department of Defense.

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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

Details

Edwards Runway 22

97 day turnaround

STS-4 was the final test flight for the shuttle; it was thereafter officially declared to be operational.

Total Mass: 11,109.0 kg

Low Earth Orbit

68th orbital launch attempt

4th mission

2nd mission of 1982

4th successful mission