Space Shuttle Discovery OV-103
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Built & Operated By
United Space Alliance
Commercial · founded 1995
Family
Space Shuttle
variant OV-103 · also Discovery
Maiden Flight
30 AUG 1984
About
Space Shuttle Discovery is one of the orbiters from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the third of five fully operational orbiters to be built. Its first mission, STS-41-D, flew from August 30 to September 5, 1984. Over 27 years of service it launched and landed 39 times, gathering more spaceflights than any other spacecraft to date.
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
38
Successful
38
Failed
0
Consecutive
38
Performance
To LEO
24,400 kg
Apogee
600 km
Launch Cost
$450.0M