LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Fri Dec 02 1988
Lockheed Space Operations Company
STS-27
Launch Successful
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW
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No Recovery Specified
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Rocket Details
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Space ShuttleDescription:
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Government/Top Secret
- STS-27 was the twenty-seventh and the third for Atlantis. It carried a classified payload for the Department of Defence. The heat shielding was substantially damaged during lift-off, impacting the right wing. The crew narrowly survived re-entry with a steal bar taking the brunt of the heat before beginning to burn through the aluminum structure.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Pad
Launch Complex 39B