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Skylab 4

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

14:01:23

Friday November 16, 1973

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Mission Details

Skylab 4

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Skylab 4 (also SL-4 and SLM-3) was the third manned Skylab mission and placed the third and final crew aboard the first American space station.

Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

Rocket

Retired
Saturn IB

Active 1966 to 1975

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Agency

NASA

Rocket

Height: 43.2m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 21,000 kg

Liftoff Thrust

7,100 Kilonewtons

Stages

2

Launch Site

LC-39B

Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

28 days 11 hours

Stats

Saturn IB

8th

Mission

3rd

Mission of 1973

1973

97th

Orbital launch attempt