Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Microgravity, seeds. This reconstructed record groups 3 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 1997-073; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 19 November 1997, 19:46:00 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 · 5 December 1997
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
STS-87
Microgravity, seeds.
- GCAT ID
- S25061
- Manufacturer
- Boeing North American/Palmdale
- Launch mass
- 103,711 kg
- Dimensions
- 37.3 m long · 23.8 m diameter · 37.3 m span
Spartan 201
Solar corona.
- GCAT ID
- S25062
- Manufacturer
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Launch mass
- 1,350 kg
- Dimensions
- 2.3 m long · 1 m diameter · 2.3 m span
EDO
GCAT program: EDO.
- GCAT ID
- A06024
- Manufacturer
- Boeing North American/Palmdale
- Launch mass
- 3,200 kg
- Dimensions
- 1.5 m long · 4.6 m diameter · 4.6 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from STS-87.
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