Space Shuttle launch system

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Space_Shuttle_launch_system
GPTKB entity
Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf launch system
gptkbp:boosters gptkb:Solid_Rocket_Boosters
gptkbp:costPerLaunch ~$450 million
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:externalTank tank
gptkbp:firstFlight gptkb:STS-1
gptkbp:flightNumber 135
gptkbp:height 56.1 m
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Space Shuttle launch system
gptkbp:lastFlight gptkb:STS-135
gptkbp:latestReleaseVersion July 8, 2011
gptkbp:launchDate April 12, 1981
gptkbp:launchSite gptkb:Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39B
gptkb:Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39A
gptkbp:launchVehicle gptkb:Solid_Rocket_Boosters
gptkb:satellite
tank
gptkbp:manufacturer gptkb:Martin_Marietta
gptkb:Thiokol
gptkb:Rockwell_International
gptkbp:massAtLiftoff 2,030,000 kg
gptkbp:nonReusableComponents tank
gptkbp:notableMission gptkb:Columbia_disaster
gptkb:Challenger_disaster
Hubble Space Telescope deployment
International Space Station assembly
gptkbp:notableModel gptkb:Columbia
gptkb:Endeavour
gptkb:Challenger
gptkb:Atlantis
gptkb:Discovery
gptkbp:numberOfEngines Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSMEs)
gptkbp:operationalPeriod 1981–2011
gptkbp:payloadToLEO 27,500 kg
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Saturn_V
gptkbp:propulsion liquid oxygen
liquid hydrogen
ammonium perchlorate composite propellant
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Space_Shuttle_program
gptkbp:reusableComponents gptkb:Solid_Rocket_Boosters
gptkb:satellite
gptkbp:seatingCapacity up to 8
gptkbp:status retired
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Space_Launch_System_(SLS)
gptkbp:thrustAtLiftoff 30,160 kN
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:usedFor Space Shuttle launches
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lightweight_Tank_(LWT)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7