STS-126

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

00:55:39

Saturday November 15, 2008

Watch Replay

Official Livestream

Mission Details

STS-126

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The purpose of the mission, referred to as ULF2 by the ISS program, was to deliver equipment and supplies to the station, to service the Solar Alpha Rotary Joints (SARJ), and repair the problem in the starboard SARJ that had limited its use since STS-120.

Low Earth Orbit

17,370 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Space Shuttle Endeavour

Active 1992 to 2011

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo

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

Launch Site

LC-39A

Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

5 days 6 hours

Stats

Space Shuttle


124th

Mission

4th

Mission of 2008

2008


61st

Orbital launch attempt