Cupola
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Key facts
- Cospar id
- 2010-004B
- Launch date
- 8 February 2010, 09:14:08 UTC
- Launch vehicle
- Space Shuttle Endeavour
- Berthed
- 15 February 2010
- Mass
- 1,880 kg (4,145 lb)
- Height
- 1.5 m (4.9 ft)
- Diameter
- 2.95 m (9.68 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- US Orbital Segment
- Diameter
- 2.955
- Mass
- 1880
- Image
- Exterior of Cupola - Exp28.jpg
- Height
- 1.5
- Significant event
- rocket launch
- Connects with
- Tranquility
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- Commons category
- Cupola (ISS module)
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2010-02-08
- space launch vehicle
- Space Shuttle
- start point
- Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
- native label
- Cupola
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Encyclopedic overview
The Cupola is an ESA-built observatory module of the International Space Station (ISS). Its name derives from the Italian word cupola, which means "dome". Its seven windows are used to conduct experiments, dockings and observations of Earth. It was launched aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour's mission STS-130 on 8 February 2010, and attached to the Tranquility (Node 3) module. With the Cupola attached, ISS assembly reached 85 percent completion. The Cupola's central window has a diameter of 80 cm (31 in).
Overview
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cupola” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.