Objectives and Applications
WORF is a NASA payload rack facility which was flown to the ISS on the STS-131 mission (April 5-18, 2010) and installed into the US Destiny Laboratory.WORF provides a new capability for scientific and commercial payloads and will be a resource for public outreach and educational opportunities for Earth sciences (e.g., the EarthKAM, etc.). The WORF rack is located inside the Earth-facing side of the US Destiny laboratory module
Full Name
ISS: Window Observational Research Facility
Mission Status
Operational (nominal)
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
04 May 2010
Mission Links
EOL Date
May 2025
Orbit Type
Inclined, non-sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
90 minutes
Orbit Sense
Orbit Inclination
51.6 deg
Orbit Altitude
360 km
Orbit Longitude
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
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