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Columbus

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Human SpaceflightLEOLaunched 2/7/2008
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Mission & Launch
Launch Mission
ISS 1E
Launch Vehicle
Space Shuttle
Launch Date
2/7/2008
Orbit & Mass
Orbit Class
LEO
Altitude
335 km
Inclination
51.6 deg
Dry Mass
12,193 kg
Total Mass
0 kg
Payload Classification
Mission Type
Human Spaceflight
Payload Category
SS
Payload Class
C
Organizations
Operator
European Space Agency (ESA)
Manufacturer
Airbus
Registry
UN Registration
ST/SG/SER.E/591
Track
Mentions
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Lightpath has completed similar network builds in Eastern Pennsylvania, Greater Miami, Phoenix, and Columbus.

GrowthGeneralValue 2.2May 19, 2026Lightpath Expands Dense Northeast Fiber Infrastructure Across 2,400 Macro Cell Towers
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Lightpath recently completed a 392-mile underground corridor linking Columbus to Chicago to support midwestern AI data center clusters.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.0May 19, 2026Lightpath Expands Dense Northeast Fiber Infrastructure Across 2,400 Macro Cell Towers

Thales Alenia Space manufactured HALO’s primary structure in Italy and has also produced the Columbus laboratory, the Harmony module, and pressurized cargo modules for the Cygnus spacecraft.

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GMV is responsible for maintaining operations and managing activities inside the Columbus module of the International Space Station.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.5Apr 17, 2026El papel de las españolas Airbus Crisa, GMV y HV Sistemas en la histórica misión Artemis II

The Conduction Cooled Assembly is tasked with collecting, storing, and transmitting data from Columbus module International Standard Payload Racks to ground-based data centers.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Mar 31, 2026Duagon Computing Hardware Set for Deployment to the International Space Station

The Conduction Cooled Assembly will be integrated into the Columbus module on the International Space Station.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.2Mar 31, 2026Duagon Computing Hardware Set for Deployment to the International Space Station

The Columbus Control Center at Oberpfaffenhofen began operating the European Columbus module on the International Space Station in 2004.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Mar 5, 2026DLR plans new control center for future Moon and Mars missions

During her stay on the ISS, Sophie Adenot will serve as a crew specialist for Columbus, the European laboratory module, and for Kibo, the Japanese science module.

GeneralValue 3.6Feb 17, 2026Arranca en la ISS la misión εpsilon con la astronauta francesa Sophie Adenot

During the εpsilon mission Sophie Adenot will serve as a crew specialist in the Columbus laboratory module and in the Japanese Kibo module.

GeneralGovernanceValue 3.0Feb 16, 2026Europäische εpsilon-Mission auf der ISS hat begonnen

The HECC design is based on operational experience from the Columbus module of the International Space Station.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.0Feb 5, 2026Neues Kontrollzentrum für astronautische Raumfahrt in Oberpfaffenhofen

Commander Sergey Kud Sverchkov set up the Plasma Kristall 4 investigation in the Columbus laboratory module.

GeneralCapabilityValue 4.0Feb 3, 2026Dragon spacecraft gears up for crew 12 arrival and station science work

La empresa CASA, actualmente integrada en Airbus, participó en el diseño y fabricación de la estructura del módulo Columbus en la ISS.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 3.0Nov 4, 202525 años de la ISS: un faro de la cooperación humana con fecha de caducidad

GMV's OST suite is a modular platform already operational at the Columbus Control Centre for the International Space Station.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Oct 22, 2025GMV technology links global habitats in record-breaking space analog mission

Las herramientas de GMV ya se utilizan en el Centro de Control Columbus de la Estación Espacial Internacional (ISS).

CapabilityGeneralValue 2.2Oct 22, 2025Comienza la mayor simulación de la vida en la Luna y Marte con una columna vertebral tecnológica española

Yuri Kubo, 40, is an engineer from Columbus, Indiana.

GovernanceValue 0.4Sep 23, 2025NASA announces 10 new astronaut candidates

ACES was sent aloft on 21 April 2025 and successfully attached to the ISS outside the European Columbus module.

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SKYTRAC Systems Ltd. completed the first factory installation of the ISAT-200A and DAL-200 solution for the Airbus H135 at Airbus’ facility in Columbus, Mississippi this past month.

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The Columbus Ka-band antenna (ColKa) is operational and provides increased bandwidth for the Columbus module by communicating through European Data Relay System satellites.

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Aurora plans to manufacture the mothership aircraft at its Columbus, Mississippi and Bridgeport, West Virginia facilities.

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The UH-72B is produced at Airbus’ facility in Columbus, Mississippi.

CapabilityGrowthValue 3.0May 24, 2022Airbus Continues Logistics Support Of U.S. Army And Potential Contract Value Of More Than $1.5 Billion