NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

STS-103

Launch Time
Mon Dec 20, 1999 00:50 UTC

Rocket

Space Shuttle Discovery
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

Kennedy SLF Runway 33

OV-103

Flight #27
207 day turnaround

Mission Details

STS-103

The primary objective of STS-103 was the Hubble Servicing Mission 3A. STS-103 had four scheduled Extravehicular Activity (EVA) days where four crew members worked in pairs on alternating days to renew and refurbish the telescope.

Low Earth Orbit

Location

LC-39B, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

Stats

1999

74th orbital launch attempt

Space Shuttle

96th mission
3rd mission of 1999
95th successful mission
71st consecutive successful mission