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STS-109

successSpace Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-109

STS-109 (SM3B) was a Space Shuttle mission that launched from the Kennedy Space Center on 1 March 2002. It was the 108th mission of the Space Shuttle program, the 27th flight of the orbiter Columbia and the fourth servicing of the Hubble Space Telescope. It was also the last successful mission of the orbiter Columbia before the ill-fated STS-107 mission, which culminated in the Columbia disaster.

Overview

Date / time
March 1, 2002 at 11:22 AM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Launch Complex 39A
Mission
STS-109
Mission type
Astrophysics
Orbit achieved
Low Earth Orbit
Launch vehicle
Space Shuttle →
Launch provider
United Space Alliance →

Payloads deployed · 1

STS 109
LEO