STS-48

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Mission emblem STS-48
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
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.

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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.

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Web links

Commons : STS-48  - album with pictures, videos and audio files