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STS-72

successSpace Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-72

STS-72 was a Space Shuttle Endeavour mission to capture and return to Earth a Japanese 16 spacecraft known as Space Flyer Unit (SFU). The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 11 January 1996.

Overview

Date / time
January 11, 1996 at 09:41 AM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Launch Complex 39B
Mission
STS-72
Orbit achieved
Low Earth Orbit
Launch vehicle
Space Shuttle →
Launch provider
Lockheed Martin Space Operations →

Payloads deployed · 2

OAST FLYER
LEO
STS 72
LEO