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Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-102

March 8, 2001 at 11:42 AM UTC

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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March 8, 2001 at 11:42 AM UTC

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Launch Complex 39B

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA · 28.6271, -80.6210

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Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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Mission description

STS-102 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery and launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. STS-102 flew in March 2001; its primary objectives were resupplying the ISS and rotating the Expedition 1 and Expedition 2 crews.

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Space Shuttle

Height

56.1 m

Diameter

8 m

LEO capacity

27,500 kg

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133

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Launch Complex 39B

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

The John F. Kennedy Space Center, located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of NASA's ten field centers. Since 1968, KSC has been NASA's primary launch center of American spaceflight, research, and technology. Launch operations for the Apollo, Skylab and Space Shuttle programs were carried out from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 and managed by KSC. Located on the east coast of Florida, KSC is adjacent to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS).

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