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| number = OV-108
 
| number = OV-108
 
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| cost = $2.9 billion (2008)
 
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'''Space Shuttle ''Constitution''''' ([[Wikipedia:Orbiter Vehicle Designation|Orbiter Vehicle Designation]]: OV-108) is one of the two currently operational orbiters in the Space Shuttle fleet of the [[International Space Agency]]. (The other is ''[[Space Shuttle Terra Nova|Terra Nova]]'' .)
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'''Space Shuttle ''Constitution''''' ([[Wikipedia:Orbiter Vehicle Designation|Orbiter Vehicle Designation]]: OV-108) is one of the three currently operational orbiters in the Space Shuttle fleet of the [[International Space Agency]]. (The others are ''[[Space Shuttle Terra Nova|Terra Nova]]'' and ''[[Space Shuttle Patriot|Patriot]]''.)
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
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==Design==
 
==Flights==
 
==Flights==
 
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| [[STS-3V]]
 
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| First ''Constitution'' mission; unmanned test flight.
 
| First ''Constitution'' mission; unmanned test flight.
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| 2
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| 2009, September 15
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| [[STS-5V]]
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| Unmanned test flight; test of new orbiter systems, new [[Wikipedia:Space Shuttle external tank|external tank]] design, and new Liquid Rocket Boosters. First launch from [[Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 7|SLC-7]] at [[Wikipedia:Vandenberg Air Force Base|Vandenberg AFB]].
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| 3
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| 2010, NET January 12
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| [[STS-7W]]
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| First manned flight. Test of new orbiter systems. First [[Wikipedia:Classified information in the United States|classified]] [[Wikipedia:United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] (DoD) mission carried out by the [[International Space Agency|ISA]]. First [[Wikipedia:List of orbits|retrograde orbit]] Shuttle mission.
 
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==Design==
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==External links==
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* [http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/missions.html Mission Summary Archive]
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* [http://lafayetteinc.com/index.php?title=Main_Page Shuttle Orbiter ''Constitution'' (OV-108)]
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{{Space Shuttle Constitution}}
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[[Category:Space Shuttles]]

Latest revision as of 21:01, 18 October 2009

Constitution
OV-108
Space Shuttle Constitution
Constitution at SLC-6 at Vandenberg AFB
OV designationOV-108
CountryUnited States
Contract awardJuly 31, 2006
StatusActive
First flightSTS-3V
June 30, 2009
Number of missions1
Crews0
Time spent in space4 hours, 30 minutes
Number of orbits3

Space Shuttle Constitution (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-108) is one of the three currently operational orbiters in the Space Shuttle fleet of the International Space Agency. (The others are Terra Nova and Patriot.)

History

Design

Flights

# Launch date Designation Notes
1 2009, June 30 STS-3V First Constitution mission; unmanned test flight.
2 2009, September 15 STS-5V Unmanned test flight; test of new orbiter systems, new external tank design, and new Liquid Rocket Boosters. First launch from SLC-7 at Vandenberg AFB.
3 2010, NET January 12 STS-7W First manned flight. Test of new orbiter systems. First classified Department of Defense (DoD) mission carried out by the ISA. First retrograde orbit Shuttle mission.


External links