LAUNCH CENTER

Launch Image
Success
Tue Feb 11 1997
Lockheed Space Operations Company

STS-82

Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

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(8:55 AM UTC)

Launch Window Start

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(8:55 AM UTC)

Launch Window End

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(8:55 AM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Space Shuttle

Description:

Space Shuttle rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Astrophysics
  • STS-82 was the 22nd flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery and the 82nd mission of the Space Shuttle program. It was NASA's second mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope, during which Discovery's crew repaired and upgraded the telescope's scientific instruments, increasing its research capabilities and achieved the highest altitude ever attained by a STS Orbiter (335-nautical-mile (620 km)).
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Pad

Launch Complex 39A