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 STS-1 lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center on April 12, 1981, the first orbital launch of the Space Shuttle program. | |
| Names | Space Transportation System-1 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Flight test |
| Operator | NASA |
| COSPAR ID | 1981-034A |
| SATCAT no. | 12399 |
| Mission duration | 2 days, 6 hours, 20 minutes, 53 seconds |
| Distance travelled | 1,729,348 km (1,074,567 mi) |
| Orbits completed | 36 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Columbia |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 2 |
| Members | |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | April 12, 1981, 12:00:04 UTC (07:00:04 am EST) |
| Launch site | Kennedy, LC-39A |
| Contractor | Rockwell International |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | April 14, 1981, 18:20:57 UTC (10:20:57 am PST) |
| Landing site | Edwards, Runway 23 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Perigee altitude | 246 km (153 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 274 km (170 mi) |
| Inclination | 40.30° |
| Period | 89.88 minutes |
| Instruments | |
| Development Flight Instrumentation (DFI) | |
 STS-1 mission patch  Young and Crippen | |
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