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Function Manned partially re-usable launch and reentry system

Manufacturer United Space Alliance:
Thiokol/Boeing (SRBs)
Lockheed Martin (Martin Marietta) - (ET)
Rockwell International (orbiter)

Country of origin United States of America

Size
Height 58.12 m (149.6 ft)
Diameter 8.7 m (28.5 ft)
Mass 2,029,203 kg (4,474,574 lb)
Stages 2

Capacity
Payload to LEO 24,400 kg (53,700 lb)
Payload to
GTO 3,810 kg (8,390 lb)

Launch History
Status Active

Launch sites LC-39, Kennedy Space Center
SLC-6, Vandenberg AFB (unused)

Total launches 120

Successes 118
Failures 2

Maiden flight April 12, 1981

Notable payloads International Space Station components
Hubble Space Telescope
Galileo
Magellan
Chandra X-ray Observatory

Boosters (Stage 0) - Solid Rocket Boosters
No boosters 2
Engines 1 solid
Thrust 2,800,000 lbf each, sea level liftoff (12.5 MN)
Specific impulse 269 s
Burn time 124 s
Fuel solid
First Stage - External Tank

Engines (none)
(3 SSMEs located on Orbiter)

Thrust 1,180,000 lbf combined total, sea level liftoff (5.25 MN)
Specific impulse 455 s
Burn time 480 s
Fuel LOX/LH2
Second Stage - Orbiter
Engines 2 OME
Thrust 12,000 lbf combined total vacuum thrust (53 kN)
Specific impulse 316 s
Burn time 1250 s
Fuel MMH/N2O4