Lockheed Space Operations Company
STS-27
Space Shuttle
SUCCESS
Success
Friday, December 2, 1988 · 14:30 UTC
Mission
/01STS-27 was the twenty-seventh and the third for Atlantis. It carried a classified payload for the Department of Defence. The heat shielding was substantially damaged during lift-off, impacting the right wing. The crew narrowly survived re-entry with a steal bar taking the brunt of the heat before beginning to burn through the aluminum structure.
Mission Type
Government/Top Secret
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Successful
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Space Shuttle
Launch Pad
Launch Complex 39B
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
28.627° N, 80.621° W
8
Pad Launches
44
Location Launches
18
Agency Launches
111
Orbital This Year