Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Life sci. This reconstructed record groups 4 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 1995-048; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 7 September 1995, 15:09:00 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 · 18 September 1995
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
STS 69
Life sci.
- GCAT ID
- S23667
- Manufacturer
- Rockwell International (Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale)
- Launch mass
- 98,868 kg
- Dimensions
- 37.3 m long · 23.8 m diameter · 37.3 m span
Spartan 201
UV coronagraph.
- GCAT ID
- S23668
- Manufacturer
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Launch mass
- 1,290 kg
- Dimensions
- 2.3 m long · 1 m diameter · 2.3 m span
WSF
Wake vaccuum epitaxy.
- GCAT ID
- S23669
- Manufacturer
- Space Industries International/Calspan
- Launch mass
- 1,979 kg
- Dimensions
- 1.8 m long · 3.6 m diameter · 3.6 m span
IEH-1
EUV Io torus imager on STS-69.
- GCAT ID
- A05677
- Manufacturer
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Launch mass
- 2,000 kg
- Dimensions
- 2.5 m long · 4.3 m diameter · 4.3 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from STS 69.
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