Uncrewed spacecraftMission concluded
SPARTAN-201
Reusable free-flying solar observatory
Deployable and retrievable astronomy platform carrying ultraviolet and visible-light instruments to measure the solar corona and acceleration of the solar wind. This dossier connects its engineering purpose to the carrier mission, operating sequence, and result.
Uncrewed spacecraft dossier
Vehicle record
- Flights
- 1 documented Shuttle mission
- First flight
- STS-56
- Final flight
- STS-56
- Vehicle type
- Reusable free-flying solar observatory
- Carrier mission
- STS-56
- Program
- SPARTAN
- Archive role
- Payload, satellite, laboratory, observatory, instrument, or upper
- Status
- Historical mission hardware record