Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
SWUIS. This reconstructed record groups 2 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 1999-040; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 23 July 1999, 04:31:00 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 · 28 July 1999
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
STS 93
SWUIS.
- GCAT ID
- S25866
- Manufacturer
- Boeing North American/Palmdale
- Launch mass
- 95,205 kg
- Propulsion
- SSME
- Dimensions
- 37.3 m long · 23.8 m diameter · 37.3 m span
Chandra
High res X-ray imaging.
- GCAT ID
- S25867
- Manufacturer
- TRW Inc.
- Launch mass
- 5,677 kg
- Propulsion
- TR-308 x4
- Dimensions
- 14 m long · 4.3 m diameter · 19.5 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from STS 93.
Verification
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