Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-119

Mission Status

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Mission Details

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 delivered and assembled the fourth starboard Integrated Truss Segment (S6), and the fourth set of solar arrays and batteries to the station.

Mission Type Human Exploration
Orbit Low Earth Orbit
Launch Window 11:43 PM - 11:43 PM

Rocket Configuration

Name Space Shuttle
Manufacturer National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Height 56.1 m
Diameter 8 m
Maiden Flight 1981-04-12
Success Rate 133/135 (99%)

The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS). Five complete Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles were built and flown on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011.