Space Shuttle Challenger OV-099
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Built & Operated By
Lockheed Space Operations Company
Commercial
Family
Space Shuttle
variant OV-099 · also Challenger
Maiden Flight
4 APR 1983
About
Space Shuttle Challenger was the second orbiter of NASA's space shuttle program to be put into service following Columbia. Its maiden flight, STS-6, started on April 4, 1983. It launched and landed nine times before breaking apart 73 seconds into its tenth mission, STS-51-L, on January 28, 1986, resulting in the death of all seven crew members, including a civilian school teacher. It was the first of two shuttles to be destroyed in flight, the other being Columbia in 2003.
Vehicle Specifications
Height
38.1 m
Diameter
8.4 m
Launch Mass
2,040 T
Thrust
28,200 kN
Stages
1–3
Configuration
Reusable
Launch Record
Total Launches
10
Successful
9
Failed
1
Performance
To LEO
24,400 kg
Apogee
600 km
Launch Cost
$450.0M