Objectives and Applications
the first manned Earth orbiting space station of the United States. The overall objectives of Skylab were to learn about space and to have people live and work in space for longer periods in a laboratory-like environment to conduct experiments
Full Name
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
14 May 1973
Mission Links
EOL Date
11 Jul 1979
Orbit Type
Orbit Period
93.4 minutes
Orbit Sense
Orbit Inclination
50 deg
Orbit Altitude
435 km
Orbit Longitude
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