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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 was Discovery's 36th flight. 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.

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Spaceflight.name
STS-119
Spaceflight.names_list
Space Transportation System-119
Spaceflight.image
STS-119 International Space Station after undocking with earth atmosphere backdrop.jpg
Spaceflight.image_caption
Departing view of the ISS from Discovery, with the station's fourth and final set of solar arrays installed
Spaceflight.insignia
STS-119 Patch.svg
Spaceflight.mission_type
ISS assembly
Spaceflight.operator
NASA
Spaceflight.orbits_completed
202
Spaceflight.distance_travelled
8,609,790km (5,349,419 miles)
Spaceflight.mission_duration
12days, 19hours, 29minutes, 33seconds
Spaceflight.payload_mass
29,693kg (65,461lb)
Spaceflight.launch_site
Kennedy, LC-39A
Spaceflight.launch_date
 UTC
Spaceflight.landing_date
 UTC
Spaceflight.landing_site
Kennedy, SLF Runway 15
Spaceflight.crew_size
7
Spaceflight.crew_photo
Sts119 crew portrait.jpg
Spaceflight.crew_photo_caption
Front row (L–R) Antonelli, Archambault. Back row (L–R) Acaba, Phillips, Swanson, Arnold and Wakata.

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Wikidata facts

Duration
1106973
Mass
91166
Orbital period
91.6
Image
STS-119 RPM.jpg
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orbital inclination
51.6
Commons category
STS-119
UTC date of spacecraft launch
2009-03-15
orbits completed
202
Commons gallery
STS-119
periapsis
402
apoapsis
385
UTC date of spacecraft landing
2009-03-28
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28 sections
Contents
  • Crew
  • Crew notes
  • Mission payload
  • Crew seat assignments
  • Mission background
  • Shuttle processing
  • Mission timeline
  • March 15 (Flight day 1, Launch)
  • Bat stowaway
  • March 16 (Flight day 2)
  • March 17 (Flight day 3)
  • March 18 (Flight day 4)
  • March 19 (Flight day 5, Spacewalk 1)
  • March 20 (Flight day 6)
  • March 21 (Flight day 7, Spacewalk 2)
  • March 22 (Flight day 8)
  • March 23 (Flight day 9, Spacewalk 3)
  • March 24 (Flight day 10)
  • March 25 (Flight day 11, Undocking)
  • March 26 (Flight day 12)
  • March 27 (Flight day 13)
  • March 28 (Flight day 14, Landing)
  • Extra-vehicular activity
  • Wake-up calls
  • Media
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

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 was Discovery's 36th flight. 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.

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