Space Shuttle Columbia OV-102 | STS-93
Launch information
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STS-93 marked the 95th launch of the Space Shuttle, the 26th launch of Columbia, and the 21st night launch of a Space Shuttle. Eileen Collins became the first female shuttle Commander on this flight. Its primary payload was the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Launch status
Launch status information for space mission ‘Space Shuttle Columbia OV-102 | STS-93’.
Success
Status: Launch Successful
Class: normal
Launch T0: July 23, 1999, 4:31 a.m.
Timezone: America/New_York
Launch authority
Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.
Mission |
STS-93 (LEO) |
|---|---|
Launcher |
United Space Alliance |
Rocket |
Space Shuttle |
Location |
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA |
Pad |
Launch Complex 39B |
Type |
Astrophysics |
Orbit |
Low Earth Orbit (LEO) |
Satellites on-board
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Launch statistics
Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Space Shuttle Columbia OV-102 | STS-93’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.
Orbital Launch
#4321
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Location Launch
#112
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Pad Launch
#45
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Agency Launch
#13
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Orbital Launch
#42
Year 1999
Location Launch
#2
Year 1999
Pad Launch
#2
Year 1999
Agency Launch
#1
Year 1999
Latest news about the launch
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NASA’s Chandra Reveals Star’s Inner Conflict Before Explosion
The inside of a star turned on itself before it spectacularly exploded, according to a new study from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. Today, this shattered star, known as the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant, is one of the best-known, well-studied objects...
Reaching Out
This image released on Aug. 20, 2025, combines new radio data from the Australia Telescope Compact Array with X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. Chandra first released an image of this pulsar and its surrounding hand-shaped nebula in 2009. ...
X-ray and Radio go ‘Hand in Hand’ in New Image
In 2009, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory released a captivating image: a pulsar and its surrounding nebula that is shaped like a hand. Since then, astronomers have used Chandra and other telescopes to continue to observe this object. Now, new radio data ...
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