STS-48
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Mission dates | |||
Mission: | STS-48 | ||
COSPAR-ID : | 1991-063A | ||
Crew: | 5 | ||
Begin: | September 12, 1991, 11:11:04 p.m. UTC | ||
Starting place: | Kennedy Space Center , LC-39A | ||
Landing: | September 18, 1991, 07:38:42 UTC | ||
Landing place: | Edwards Air Force Base , Runway 22 | ||
Flight duration: | 5d 8h 27m 38s | ||
Earth orbits: | 81 | ||
Rotation time : | 95.4 min | ||
Orbit inclination : | 56.9 ° | ||
Apogee : | 553 km | ||
Perigee : | 538 km | ||
Covered track: | 3.5 million km | ||
Payload: | UARS | ||
Team photo | |||
v. l. No. Mark Brown, Charles Gemar, John Creighton, James Buchli, Kenneth Reightler |
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STS-48 ( english S pace T ransportation S ystem) is a mission designation for the US Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103) of NASA . The launch took place on September 12, 1991. It was the 43rd space shuttle mission and the 13th flight of the space shuttle Discovery.
team
- John Creighton (3rd space flight), commander
- Kenneth Reightler (1st spaceflight), pilot
- James Buchli (4th Space Flight), Mission Specialist
- Charles Gemar (2nd spaceflight), mission specialist
- Mark Brown (2nd spaceflight), mission specialist
Mission overview
The launch was on September 12, 1991. It was delayed by 14 minutes due to a communication problem between the Kennedy Space Center and the Houston Mission Center . The takeoff weight was 108,890 kg.
The main payload, the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS), was launched on the third day of flight ( MET 2/05: 12). The 6.5 ton satellite carried out one of the most detailed studies of the earth's atmosphere and explored the troposphere as part of the international mission to planet earth and measured a. Ozone concentration, wind speeds as well as solar and interstellar radiation.
Other shuttle payloads were: Ascent Particle Monitor (APM); Middeck 0-Gravity Dynamics Experiment (MODE); Shuttle Activation Monitor (SAM); Cosmic Ray Effects and Activation Monitor (CREAM); Physiological and Anatomical Rodent Experiment (PARE); Protein Crystal Growth II-2 (PCG II-2); Investigations into Polymer Membrane Processing (IPMP) and the Air Force Maui Optical Site (AMOS) experiment.
The landing took place on September 18 at 7:38 a.m. UTC on runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base , California . It was the fifth night landing of the shuttle space program. The landing was originally planned at the Kennedy Space Center, but has been moved to Edwards due to bad weather. The orbiter returned to Florida on September 26th. The landing weight was 87,444 kg.
See also
Web links
- NASA Mission overview (English)
- Video summary with comments of the crew (English)
- STS-48 in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)