Jupiter
STS 34
Plants, ozone, micrograv.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Plants, ozone, micrograv. This reconstructed record groups 3 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 1989-084; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 18 October 1989, 16:53:40 UTC
- Launch location
- NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida
- Launch vehicle
- Space Shuttle
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 23 October 1989
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
STS 34
Plants, ozone, micrograv.
- GCAT ID
- S20297
- Manufacturer
- Rockwell International (Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale)
- Launch mass
- 90,933 kg
- Dimensions
- 37.3 m long · 23.8 m diameter · 37.3 m span
Galileo
Jupiter orbiter/probe.
- GCAT ID
- S20298
- Manufacturer
- Jet Propulsion Lab
- Launch mass
- 2,304 kg
- Propulsion
- S400
- Dimensions
- 5.3 m long · 5 m diameter · 12 m span
Galileo Probe
Jupiter probe.
- GCAT ID
- A04746
- Manufacturer
- Hughes Space and Comms. Co (Hughes Satellite Systems)
- Launch mass
- 125 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.5 m long · 0.8 m diameter · 0.8 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
9 images from STS 34.
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