STS-51

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STS-51 was a NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission in 1993 that deployed the Advanced Communications Technology Satellite and conducted various scientific experiments in orbit.

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STS-51 canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA spaceflight ⓘ
Space Shuttle mission ⓘ
commander Frank L. Culbertson Jr. ⓘ
conductedExperiment life sciences experiments ⓘ
materials science experiments ⓘ
microgravity science experiments ⓘ
crewSize 5 ⓘ
deployed ACTS ⓘ
Advanced Communications Technology Satellite ⓘ
ORFEUS-SPAS ⓘ
EVA spacewalk to evaluate EVA tools and techniques ⓘ
EVAcount 1 ⓘ
EVAPerformed yes ⓘ
followedBy STS-58 ⓘ
landingDate 1993-09-22 ⓘ
landingSite Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility ⓘ
launchDate 1993-09-12 ⓘ
launchPad Launch Complex 39B ⓘ
launchSite Kennedy Space Center ⓘ
missionDuration 9 days ⓘ
about 236 hours ⓘ
missionSpecialist Carl E. Walz ⓘ
Daniel W. Bursch ⓘ
James H. Newman ⓘ
missionType microgravity research ⓘ
satellite deployment ⓘ
technology demonstration ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
orbitApogee approximately 306 km ⓘ
orbitInclination 28.45 degrees ⓘ
orbitPerigee approximately 296 km ⓘ
orbitPeriod about 90 minutes ⓘ
payload ACTS ⓘ
GAS experiments ⓘ
Get Away Special canisters ⓘ
Middeck experiments ⓘ
ORFEUS-SPAS ⓘ
Orbiting Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer ⓘ
SPAS ⓘ
linked to: SPAS platform

Shuttle Pallet Satellite ⓘ
pilot William F. Readdy ⓘ
precededBy STS-57 ⓘ
primaryPayload Advanced Communications Technology Satellite ⓘ
retrieved ORFEUS-SPAS ⓘ
spaceAgency NASA ⓘ
spacecraft OV-103 ⓘ
spaceShuttle Space Shuttle Discovery ⓘ
spaceShuttleProgram Space Shuttle program ⓘ
vehicleFlightNumber Discovery flight 17 ⓘ
yearOfFlight 1993 ⓘ

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