STS-103
Sign in to saveSTS-103, the 96th launch of the Space Shuttle and the 27th launch of Space Shuttle Discovery, was Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 3A ('SM3A'). It launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 19 December 1999 and returned on 27 December 1999 and was the last Shuttle mission of the 1990s. It was the only mission to span Christmas after being delayed by 13 days for technical and weather reasons.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- STS-103
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Space Transportation System-103
- Spaceflight.image
- STS103-713-048 - Steven Smith and John Grunsfeld repairing Hubble during STS-103 (Retouched).jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- Grunsfeld and Smith replacing gyroscopes on Hubble during the mission's first EVA
- Spaceflight.insignia
- STS-103 Patch.svg
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Hubble Space Telescope servicing
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA
- Spaceflight.mission_duration
- 7 days, 23 hours, 11 minutes, 34 seconds
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 7
- Spaceflight.crew_EVAs
- 3
- Spaceflight.crew_EVA_duration
- 24 hours, 33 minutes
- Spaceflight.crew_photo
- STS-103 crew.jpg
- Spaceflight.crew_photo_caption
- Left to right; C. Michael Foale, Claude Nicollier, Scott J. Kelly, Curtis L. Brown Jr., Jean-Francois Clervoy, John M. Grunsfeld and Steven L. Smith
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kennedy, LC-39B
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC
- Spaceflight.landing_date
- UTC
- Spaceflight.landing_site
- Kennedy, SLF Runway 33
- Spaceflight.apsis
- gee
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 688247
- Mass
- 95768
- Orbital period
- 96.4
- Image
- STS103-713-048 - Steven Smith and John Grunsfeld repairing Hubble during STS-103 (Retouched).jpg
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- orbits completed
- 119
- Commons category
- STS-103
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1999-12-20
- UTC date of spacecraft landing
- 1999-12-27
- Commons gallery
- STS-103
- orbital inclination
- 28.45
- periapsis
- 563
- apoapsis
- 609
- maximum capacity
- 7
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8 sectionsContents
- Crew
- Space walks
- Crew seat assignments
- Mission highlights
- Wake-up calls
- See also
- References
- External links
STS-103, the 96th launch of the Space Shuttle and the 27th launch of Space Shuttle Discovery, was Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 3A ('SM3A'). It launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 19 December 1999 and returned on 27 December 1999 and was the last Shuttle mission of the 1990s. It was the only mission to span Christmas after being delayed by 13 days for technical and weather reasons.
==Crew==