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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
19:28:10
Monday November 16, 2009
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TS-129 (ISS assembly flight ULF3) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). STS-129 focused on staging spare components outside the station. The 11-day flight included three spacewalks. The payload bay carried two large ExPRESS Logistics Carriers holding two spare gyroscopes, two nitrogen tank assemblies, two pump modules, an ammonia tank assembly, a spare latching end effector for the station's robotic arm, a spare trailing umbilical system for the Mobile Transporter, and a high-pressure gas tank. STS-129 was the first flight of an ExPRESS Logistics Carrier.
Low Earth Orbit
16,027 kilograms
Agency
NASAPrice
$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
129th
Mission
5th
Mission of 2009
65th
Orbital launch attempt