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2000-0380

STS 97

STS 97 (NORAD 26630) landed after a space station visit on 11 December 2000, after 10 days in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
26630
International designator
2000-078A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
1 Dec 2000Cape Canaveral
Landed (UTC)
11 Dec 2000UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 days10 days
How it ended
Landed after a station visit
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
95,600 kg
Operator
NASA JSC
Built by
BNA/Palmdale
Bus
STS OV
Programme
STS

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 51.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.6°N and 51.6°S.

Life in orbit

10 days

From the same launch

2000-078
2006-0016FLOATING POTENTIAL PROBE
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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