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STS-1
Crew
Crippen
Young
12 April 1981
12:00 GMT.
Duration
: 2.26 days.
Call Sign
: Columbia.
Nation
: USA.
Agency
: NASA.
Launch Site
:
Cape Canaveral
.
Launch Complex
: LC39A.
Launch Vehicle
:
Shuttle
.
LV Configuration
: STS-01 (OFT-1). Program:
STS
. Class:
Manned
.
Type
: Spaceplane.
Spacecraft
:
Columbia
.
Payload
: Columbia F01 / DFI.
Mass
: 4,909 kg.
Perigee
: 240 km.
Apogee
: 251 km.
Inclination
: 40.3 deg.
Period
: 89.4 min. References:
1
,
2
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
33
.
STS-1
- Detailed drawing of STS-1 Columbia
Credit: NASA. 58,292 bytes. 612 x 612 pixels.
