No. It is in low earth orbit.
Space Shuttle Atlantis.
The first space station created only to orbit the earth was called plain old, 'Space Shuttle.'
The shuttle never leaves Earth orbit, it simply goes into orbit and then returns. Moving to a higher orbit requires additional speed and manuevering, as when visiting the ISS.
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No. The space shuttle can only reach low Earth orbit.
On April 12, 1981 the space shuttle Columbia was the first shuttle to orbit the Earth.
Challenger.
The space shuttle travels in low earth orbit (LEO), from 120 to 380 miles in space.
Thermosphere
Columbia
17,500 mph
The second Shuttle into orbit was the Challenger; the first was Columbiachallenger, June 1983