Space shuttle

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:satellite
gptkbp:application unpowered glider
gptkbp:boosters gptkb:Solid_Rocket_Boosters_(SRBs)
gptkbp:costPerLaunch about $450 million
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:externalTank gptkb:External_Tank_(ET)
gptkbp:firstFlight 1981
gptkbp:firstSatellite gptkb:Columbia
gptkbp:flightNumber 135
gptkbp:height 17.27 meters
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Space shuttle
gptkbp:lastOrbiter gptkb:Endeavour
gptkbp:launchSite gptkb:Kennedy_Space_Center
gptkbp:length 37.24 meters
gptkbp:manufacturer gptkb:Lockheed_Martin
gptkb:Martin_Marietta
gptkb:Thiokol
gptkb:Rockwell_International
gptkbp:mass about 109,000 kg (empty)
gptkbp:maximumSpeed 28,000 km/h
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Space_Transportation_System_(STS)
gptkbp:notableDisasters gptkb:Columbia_disaster_(2003)
gptkb:Challenger_disaster_(1986)
gptkbp:notableMission Hubble Space Telescope deployment
International Space Station assembly
Spacelab missions
satellite repair
gptkbp:numberOfEngines Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSMEs)
gptkbp:numberOfOrbitersBuilt 6
gptkbp:orbitType gptkb:Low_Earth_Orbit
gptkbp:otherOrbiters gptkb:Challenger
gptkb:Atlantis
gptkb:Discovery
Enterprise
gptkbp:payloadToLEO 27,500 kg
gptkbp:propulsion liquid oxygen
liquid hydrogen
solid propellant (SRBs)
gptkbp:retired 2011
gptkbp:reusable true
gptkbp:seatingCapacity up to 8
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Commercial_Crew_Program
gptkb:Orion_spacecraft
gptkbp:usedFor scientific research
human spaceflight
satellite deployment
space station construction
gptkbp:wingspan 23.79 meters
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:satellite
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4