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A Space Shuttle Columbia rocket launched with STS-75 from LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA on Thursday February Th, 1996 at 20:18 UTC.

NEXT SPACEFLIGHT Launches Rockets Reuse Starship Locations Get the App NASA / STS-75 Launch Success Liftoff Time (PST) 12:18 :00 PM Thursday February 22, 1996 Watch Replay OFFICIAL LIVESTREAM Mission Details STS-75 WIKI The primary objective of STS-75 was to carry the Tethered Satellite System Reflight (TSS-1R) into orbit and to deploy it spaceward on a conducting tether. The mission also flew the United States Microgravity Payload (USMP-3) designed to investigate materials science and condensed matter physics. Low Earth Orbit 10,592 kilograms Rocket RETIRED Space Shuttle Columbia Active 1981 to 2003 AGENCY NASA PRICE $450.00 million ROCKET Height: 56.1m PAYLOAD TO ORBIT LEO: 27,500 kg GTO: 3,810 kg LIFTOFF THRUST 30,250 Kilonewtons STAGES 2 STRAP-ONS 2 Reuse Kennedy SLF Runway 33 OV-102 Flight #19 125 day turnaround Launch Site LC-39B Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA FASTEST TURNAROUND 28 days 11 hours Stats Space Shuttle 75th MISSION 2nd MISSION OF 1996 1996 13th ORBITAL LAUNCH ATTEMPT NEXT SPACEFLIGHT Open the NextSpaceflight X/Twitter Join the NextSpaceflight discord Email [email protected] © 2025, Next Spaceflight About Privacy Policy Settings Calendar API Access

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