Mission record

Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-72

Space Shuttle· Launch Complex 39B· Success
Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Lockheed Martin Space Operations
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
LEO
Mission type
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Thu, 11 Jan 1996 09:41:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#4042 ever

Mission

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.

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