NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

STS-119

Launch Time
Sun Mar 15, 2009 23:43 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 15

OV-103

Flight #36
288 day turnaround

Mission Details

STS-119

STS-119 (ISS assembly flight 15A) was a space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which was flown by Space Shuttle Discovery during March 2009. It delivered and assembled the fourth starboard Integrated Truss Segment (S6), and the fourth set of solar arrays and batteries to the station.

Total Mass: 16,957.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

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

Stats

2009

13th orbital launch attempt

Space Shuttle

125th mission
1st mission of 2009
123rd successful mission
12th consecutive successful mission