Earth orbit
Skylab 3
Station ferry.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Station ferry. This reconstructed record groups 2 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 1973-050; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 28 July 1973, 11:10:50 UTC
- Launch location
- NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida
- Launch vehicle
- Saturn IB
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 25 September 1973
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Skylab 3
Station ferry.
- GCAT ID
- S06757
- Manufacturer
- Rockwell/Downey
- Launch mass
- 5,932 kg
- Dimensions
- 3.5 m long · 3.9 m diameter · 3.9 m span
S-150 Experiment
Galactic XR detector on Skylab S4B.
- GCAT ID
- A02311
- Manufacturer
- IBM Inc.-Huntsville
- Launch mass
- 50 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.9 m long · 1.2 m diameter · 1.2 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Skylab 3.
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