STS-68
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STS-68 was a human spaceflight mission using Space Shuttle Endeavour that launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on September 30, 1994.
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Names | Space Transportation System-68 |
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Mission type | Radar imaging |
Operator | NASA |
COSPAR ID | 1994-062A |
SATCAT no. | 23285 |
Mission duration | 11 days, 05 hours, 46 minutes, 08 seconds |
Distance travelled | 7,569,092 kilometres (4,703,216 mi) |
Orbits completed | 182 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Endeavour |
Crew | |
Crew size | 6 |
Members | |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | September 30, 1994, 11:16:01 (1994-09-30UTC11:16:01Z) UTC |
Launch site | Kennedy LC-39A |
End of mission | |
Landing date | October 11, 1994, 17:02:09 (1994-10-11UTC17:02:10Z) UTC |
Landing site | Edwards Runway 22 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 212 kilometres (132 mi)[1] |
Apogee altitude | 224 kilometres (139 mi)[1] |
Inclination | 57.0 degrees[1] |
Period | 88.85 minutes[1] |
Epoch | October 2, 1994[1] |
STS-68 mission patch Left to right – Back row: Baker, Wilcutt; Front row: Jones, Wisoff, Smith, Bursch |
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