STS-99
Sign in to saveSTS-99 was a Space Shuttle mission using Endeavour, that launched on 11 February 2000 from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The primary objective of the mission was the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) project. This was also the last solo flight of Endeavour; all future flights for Endeavour became devoted to the International Space Station. STS-99 was also the first Shuttle mission of the 2000s.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- STS-99
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Space Transportation System-99
- Spaceflight.image
- Payload bay sts-99.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- The SRTM radar boom in Endeavour payload bay, extending 60 meters off the vehicle's port side
- Spaceflight.insignia
- Sts-99-patch.png
- Spaceflight.insignia_caption
- STS-99 mission patch
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Radar imaging
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA
- Spaceflight.mission_duration
- 11 days, 5 hours, 39 minutes, 41 seconds
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kennedy, LC-39A
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC
- Spaceflight.landing_date
- UTC
- Spaceflight.landing_site
- Kennedy, SLF Runway 33
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 6
- Spaceflight.crew_photo
- STS-99_crew.jpg
- Spaceflight.crew_photo_caption
- Left to right - Front: Mohri, Thiele; Back: Voss, Kregel, Gorie, Kavandi
- Spaceflight.apsis
- gee
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 970781
- Mass
- 13154
- Orbital period
- 89.2
- Image
- Payload bay sts-99.jpg
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- orbital inclination
- 57.0
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2000-02-11
- UTC date of spacecraft landing
- 2000-02-22
- Commons gallery
- STS-99
- Commons category
- STS-99
- orbits completed
- 181
- periapsis
- 224
- apoapsis
- 242
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8 sectionsContents
- Crew
- Crew seat assignments
- Mission highlights
- Wake-up calls
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
STS-99 was a Space Shuttle mission using Endeavour, that launched on 11 February 2000 from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The primary objective of the mission was the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) project. This was also the last solo flight of Endeavour; all future flights for Endeavour became devoted to the International Space Station. STS-99 was also the first Shuttle mission of the 2000s.
==Crew==