STS-51-J
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Mission dates | |||
Mission: | STS-51-J | ||
COSPAR-ID : | 1985-092A | ||
Crew: | 5 | ||
Begin: | October 3, 1985, 15:15:30 UTC | ||
Starting place: | Kennedy Space Center , LC-39A | ||
Landing: | October 7, 1985, 5:00:08 p.m. UTC | ||
Landing place: | Edwards Air Force Base , Runway 23 | ||
Flight duration: | 4d 1h 44m 38s | ||
Earth orbits: | 64 | ||
Track height: | 591 km | ||
Orbit inclination : | 28.5 ° | ||
Covered track: | 2.7 million km | ||
Team photo | |||
v. l. No. Robert Stewart, David Hilmers, Karol Bobko, William Pailes, Ronald Grabe |
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STS-51-J ( English S pace T ransportation S ystem ) is a mission designation for the US Space Shuttle Atlantis ( OV -104) of NASA . The launch took place on October 3, 1985. It was the 21st space shuttle mission and the maiden flight of the space shuttle Atlantis.
team
Main team
- Karol Bobko (3rd space flight), commander
- Ronald Grabe (1st space flight), pilot
- David Hilmers (1st spaceflight), mission specialist
- Robert Stewart (2nd spaceflight), mission specialist
- William Pailes (1st Spaceflight), MSE, Payload Specialist, United States Air Force
replacement
- Michael Booen (MSE) for Pailes
Pailes and Booen did not belong to NASA, but were selected by the US Air Force as military payload specialists as Manned Spaceflight Engineers (MSE) (about: space flight engineers ) for this flight.
Mission overview
The start took place with a delay of 22 minutes and 30 seconds due to a faulty display on a valve control in the area of the main engines. The first flight of the space shuttle Atlantis was also the second shuttle flight for the US Department of Defense. The mission was to deploy two military DSCS III communications satellites. These were brought into geostationary orbit using an IUS rocket stage .
The landing took place on schedule at Edwards AFB in California . The Atlantis was transported back to Cape Canaveral , Florida four days later in a converted Boeing 747 .
See also
Web links
- NASA Mission overview (English)
- STS-51-J in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
- Michael Cassutt: Secret Space Shuttles (English)