 Departing view of the ISS from Discovery, with the station's fourth and final set of solar arrays installed | |
| Names | Space Transportation System-119 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | ISS assembly |
| Operator | NASA |
| COSPAR ID | 2009-012A |
| SATCAT no. | 34541 |
| Mission duration | 12 days, 19 hours, 29 minutes, 33 seconds[1] |
| Orbits completed | 202[1] |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Discovery |
| Launch mass | 120,859 kilograms (266,448 lb)[2] |
| Landing mass | 91,166 kilograms (200,986 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 7 |
| Members | |
| Launching | |
| Landing | |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | March 15, 2009, 23:43 UTC[3] |
| Launch site | Kennedy, LC-39A |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | March 28, 2009, 19:13 UTC[1] |
| Landing site | Kennedy, SLF Runway 15 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 385 kilometres (208 nmi) |
| Apogee altitude | 402 kilometres (217 nmi) |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Period | 91.6 minutes |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | PMA-2 (Harmony forward) |
| Docking date | March 17, 2009, 21:20 UTC |
| Undocking date | March 25, 2009, 19:53 UTC |
| Time docked | 7 days, 22 hours, 33 minutes |
 Front row (L–R) Antonelli, Archambault. Back row (L–R) Acaba, Phillips, Swanson, Arnold and Wakata. | |
STS-119 (ISS assembly flight 15A) was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which was flown by Space Shuttle Discovery during March 2009. It was Discovery's 36th flight. It delivered and assembled the fourth starboard Integrated Truss Segment (S6), and the fourth set of solar arrays and batteries to the station. The launch took place on March 15, 2009, at 19:43 EDT.[3][4][5] Discovery successfully landed on March 28, 2009, at 15:13 pm EDT.[1][6]
- ^ a b c d William Harwood for CBS News (March 28, 2009). "Welcome home, Discovery!". Spaceflightnow.com. Retrieved March 28, 2009.
- ^ NASA (2009). "STS-119 Press Kit" (PDF). NASA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 17, 2009. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ^ a b Chang, Kenneth (March 15, 2009). "Shuttle Discovery Lifts Off for Space Station". The New York Times. Retrieved March 15, 2009.
- ^ Chris Bergin (March 3, 2009). "Progress made towards STS-119 flight rationale – 12 March NET possible". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved March 3, 2009.
- ^ Chris Bergin (March 4, 2009). "PRCB boosts FRR opportunity to approve March launch for STS-119". NASA Spaceflight.com. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ^ Chris Bergin (March 28, 2009). "STS-119 LIVE: Discovery returns home to Florida". NASA Spaceflight.com. Retrieved March 28, 2009.