STS-48

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STS-48 was a 1991 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission that deployed the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite to study Earth’s atmosphere and climate.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
STS-48 canonical 4
Space Shuttle Discovery STS-48 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA spaceflight ⓘ
Space Shuttle mission ⓘ
callSign Discovery ⓘ
commander John O. Creighton ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crewMember Charles D. Gemar ⓘ
James F. Buchli ⓘ
John O. Creighton ⓘ
Kenneth S. Reightler Jr. ⓘ
Mark N. Brown ⓘ
crewSize 5 ⓘ
deployedSatellite Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite ⓘ
followedBy STS-44 ⓘ
landingDate 1991-09-18 ⓘ
landingSite Edwards Air Force Base ⓘ
launchDate 1991-09-12 ⓘ
launchMass about 108000 kilograms ⓘ
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ⓘ
launchVehicle Space Shuttle Discovery ⓘ
missionDuration 5 days 8 hours 27 minutes ⓘ
missionPatchShape circular ⓘ
missionSpecialist Charles D. Gemar ⓘ
James F. Buchli ⓘ
Mark N. Brown ⓘ
missionType Earth science mission ⓘ
notableEvent first dedicated mission for the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite ⓘ
objective deploy the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite ⓘ
study Earth’s atmosphere ⓘ
study Earth’s climate ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
orbitApogee 578 kilometers ⓘ
orbitInclination 57.0 degrees ⓘ
orbitPerigee 570 kilometers ⓘ
orbitPeriod 96.2 minutes ⓘ
orbitsCompleted 81 ⓘ
payload Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite ⓘ
pilot Kenneth S. Reightler Jr. ⓘ
precededBy STS-43 ⓘ
primaryPayload Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite ⓘ
program Space Shuttle program ⓘ
spacecraft Space Shuttle Discovery ⓘ
spacecraftName Discovery ⓘ
spacecraftSerialNumber OV-103 ⓘ
spacecraftType Orbiter Vehicle ⓘ
UARSDeploymentTime 1991-09-15 ⓘ
UARSOrbitAltitude approximately 585 kilometers ⓘ
UARSOrbitInclination 57.0 degrees ⓘ
year 1991 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

STS-44 → precededBy → STS-48 ⓘ
STS-43 → nextMission → STS-48 ⓘ
Kenneth S. Reightler Jr. → operatorOnVehicle → Space Shuttle Discovery STS-48 ⓘ
linked to: STS-48