Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Solar corona. This reconstructed record groups 2 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 1995-004; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 3 February 1995, 05:22:04 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 · 11 February 1995
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
STS 63
GCAT program: OV-103.
- GCAT ID
- S23469
- Manufacturer
- Rockwell International (Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale)
- Launch mass
- 97,970 kg
- Dimensions
- 37.3 m long · 23.8 m diameter · 37.3 m span
Spartan 204
Solar corona.
- GCAT ID
- S23470
- Manufacturer
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Launch mass
- 1,166 kg
- Dimensions
- 1.5 m long · 1 m diameter · 1.5 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from STS 63.
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