![]() Columbia begins its final test flight from Launch Complex 39A of KSC | |
Names | Space Transportation System-4 |
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Mission type | Flight test |
Operator | NASA |
COSPAR ID | 1982-065A |
SATCAT no. | 13300![]() |
Mission duration | 7 days, 1 hour, 9 minutes, 31 seconds |
Distance travelled | 4,700,000 km (2,900,000 mi) |
Orbits completed | 113 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Columbia |
Launch mass | 109,616 kg (241,662 lb) |
Landing mass | 94,774 kg (208,941 lb) |
Payload mass | 11,109 kg (24,491 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 2 |
Members | |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | June 27, 1982, 15:00:00 UTC (11:00 am EDT) |
Launch site | Kennedy, LC-39A |
Contractor | Rockwell International |
End of mission | |
Landing date | July 4, 1982, 16:09:40 UTC (9:09:40 am PDT) |
Landing site | Edwards, Runway 22 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Perigee altitude | 295 km (183 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 302 km (188 mi) |
Inclination | 28.50° |
Period | 90.30 minutes |
![]() STS-4 mission patch ![]() Hartsfield and Mattingly |
STS-4 was the fourth NASA Space Shuttle mission, and also the fourth for Space Shuttle Columbia. Crewed by Ken Mattingly and Henry Hartsfield, the mission launched on June 27, 1982,[1] and landed a week later on July 4, 1982.[2] Due to parachute malfunctions, the SRBs were not recovered.
STS-4 was the final test flight for the Space Shuttle; it was thereafter officially declared to be operational. Columbia carried numerous scientific payloads during the mission, as well as military missile detection systems.[3]