STS-119
STS-119 (ISS assembly flight 15A) was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which was flown by Space Shuttle Discovery during March 2009. It delivered and assembled the fourth starboard Integrated Truss Segment (S6), and the fourth set of solar arrays and batteries to the station. The launch took place on March 15, 2009, at 19:43 EDT. Discovery successfully landed on March 28, 2009, at 15:13 pm EDT.
Departing view of the ISS from Discovery, with the station's fourth and final set of solar arrays installed | |
| Names | Space Transportation System-119 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | ISS assembly |
| Operator | NASA |
| COSPAR ID | 2009-012A |
| SATCAT no. | 34541 |
| Mission duration | 12 days, 19 hours, 29 minutes, 33 seconds |
| Orbits completed | 202 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Discovery |
| Launch mass | 120,859 kilograms (266,448 lb) |
| Landing mass | 91,166 kilograms (200,986 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 7 |
| Members | |
| Launching | |
| Landing | |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | March 15, 2009, 23:43 UTC |
| Launch site | Kennedy LC-39A |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | March 28, 2009, 19:13 UTC |
| Landing site | Kennedy SLF Runway 15 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 385 kilometres (208 nmi) |
| Apogee altitude | 402 kilometres (217 nmi) |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Period | 91.6 minutes |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | PMA-2 (Harmony forward) |
| Docking date | March 17, 2009, 21:20 UTC |
| Undocking date | March 25, 2009, 19:53 UTC |
| Time docked | 7 days, 22 hours, 33 minutes |
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Front row (L–R) Antonelli, Archambault. Back row (L–R) Acaba, Phillips, Swanson, Arnold and Wakata. | |
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