STS-45
1992 American crewed spaceflight / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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STS-45 was a 1992 NASA Space Shuttle mission using the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Its almost nine-day scientific mission was with a non-deployable payload of instruments. It was the 46th Space Shuttle mission and the 11th for Atlantis.
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Names | Space Transportation System-45 |
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Mission type | Astronomy research |
Operator | NASA |
COSPAR ID | 1992-015A |
SATCAT no. | 21915 |
Mission duration | 8 days, 22 hours, 9 minutes, 28 seconds |
Distance travelled | 5,211,340 km (3,238,180 mi) |
Orbits completed | 143 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Atlantis |
Launch mass | 105,982 kg (233,650 lb) |
Landing mass | 93,009 kg (205,050 lb) |
Payload mass | 9,947 kg (21,929 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 7 |
Members | |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | March 24, 1992, 13:13:39 UTC |
Rocket | Space Shuttle Atlantis |
Launch site | Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A |
Contractor | Rockwell International |
End of mission | |
Landing date | April 2, 1992, 11:23 UTC |
Landing site | Kennedy Space Center, SLF Runway 33 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Perigee altitude | 282 km (175 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 294 km (183 mi) |
Inclination | 57.00° |
Period | 90.30 minutes |
Instruments | |
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STS-45 mission patch Standing: Byron K. Lichtenberg, Michael Foale, David Leestma, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Dirk Frimout Seated: Brian Duffy, Charles Bolden |
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