Skylab manned orbital scientific space station, 1973

NASA 71-HC-1204, Washington, D.C., September 27, 1971: INFO: Station statistics

COSPAR ID1973-027A

Call signSkylab

Crew3 (9 overall)

Launch: May 14, 1973

17:30:00 UTC

Launch padLC-39A, Kennedy Space Center

ReentryJuly 11, 1979

16:37:00 UTC

near Perth, Australia

Mass169,950 lb (77,088 kg)[1]

w/o CSM

Length86.3 feet (26.3 m)

w/o CSM

Width55.8 feet (17.0 m)

w/ one solar panel

Height24.3 feet (7.4 m)

w/ telescope mount

Diameter21.67 feet (6.6 m)

Pressurised volume319.8 m3 (11,290 cu ft)

w/ docking adapter and airlock)

Perigee269.7 mi (434.0 km)

Apogee274.6 mi (441.9 km)

Orbital inclination50°

Orbital period93.4 min

Orbits per day15.4

Days in orbit2,249 days

Days occupied171 days

Number of orbits34,981

Distance travelled~890,000,000 mi (1,400,000,000 km)

Statistics as of Re-entry July 11, 1979

Acquisition: NASA Skylab News Center, Cape Canaveral city, May 12, 1973. SCAN AND REMASTERED by Dan Beaumont. www.youtube.com/user/MrDanBeaumont?feature=watch

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