NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

STS-126

Launch Time
Sat Nov 15, 2008 00:55 UTC

Rocket

Space Shuttle Endeavour
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

Edwards Runway 4

OV-105

Flight #22
249 day turnaround

Mission Details

STS-126

The purpose of the mission, referred to as ULF2 by the ISS program, was to deliver equipment and supplies to the station, to service the Solar Alpha Rotary Joints (SARJ), and repair the problem in the starboard SARJ that had limited its use since STS-120.

Total Mass: 17,370.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

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

Stats

2008

61st orbital launch attempt

Space Shuttle

124th mission
4th mission of 2008
122nd successful mission
11th consecutive successful mission