Endeavour
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Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-99
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Mission Overview
Launch Date: February 11th, 1999
Launch Time: 12:30pm EST
Launch Location: Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Pad 39-A
Launch Window: 2 hours, 10 minutes
Duration: 11 Days 4 Hrs
Altitude: 231.5 kms

Click here for NASA's complete flight summary.




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Real Time Information
  • Countdown Clock - See how long until the shuttle launches
  • Status Report - Up to the data on the mission
  • Location - Current location of the space shuttle (requires Java)
  • Weather - See the current weather in Florida for takeoff and landing


Live Coverage
  • NASA TV Schedule - Find out when key aspects of the mission will be live
  • NASA TV - Watch NASA TV, live on the Internet


Vehicle Payload
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Endeavour OV105

Liftoff Weight:
2,050 tonnes

Payload Weight:
13.1 tonnes

Shuttle Radar Topography Mission

  • Radar electronics and antennas located in the payload bay
  • A mast that deploys to 60 meters in space
  • Outboard antennas attached to the end of the mast


Astronauts
Kregel
Kevin R. Kregel
Gorie
Dominic Gorie
Kavandi
Janet Lynn Kavandi
Voss
Janice
Voss
Mohri
Mamoru Mohri
Thiele
Gerhard P.J. Thiele


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