STS-75

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STS-75 was a 1996 NASA Space Shuttle Columbia mission notable for the Tethered Satellite System experiment, which studied electrodynamic effects in the upper atmosphere.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA spaceflight ⓘ
Space Shuttle mission ⓘ
commander Andrew M. Allen ⓘ
crewSize 7 ⓘ
followedBy STS-76 ⓘ
inclination 28.5 degrees ⓘ
internationalParticipation European Space Agency ⓘ
Italian Space Agency ⓘ
landingDate 1996-03-09 ⓘ
landingSite Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility ⓘ
launchDate 1996-02-22 ⓘ
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B ⓘ
launchVehicle Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
missionDuration 15 days ⓘ
17 hours ⓘ
41 minutes ⓘ
missionNumber 75 ⓘ
missionPatch STS-75 mission patch ⓘ
missionSpecialist Claude Nicollier ⓘ
Franklin R. Chang-Díaz ⓘ
Jeffrey A. Hoffman ⓘ
Maurizio Cheli ⓘ
notableFor Tethered Satellite System electrodynamic experiment ⓘ
tether break anomaly ⓘ
objective conduct microgravity research ⓘ
investigate tethered satellite dynamics ⓘ
study electrodynamic effects in the upper atmosphere ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
orbiter Columbia ⓘ
orbitRegime Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
orbitsCompleted 252 ⓘ
payloadCommander Jeffrey A. Hoffman ⓘ
payloadSpecialist Umberto Guidoni ⓘ
pilot Scott J. Horowitz ⓘ
precededBy STS-72 ⓘ
primaryExperiment Tethered Satellite System experiment ⓘ
primaryPayload Tethered Satellite System Reflight ⓘ
program Space Shuttle program ⓘ
researchField electrodynamics ⓘ
microgravity science ⓘ
space plasma physics ⓘ
spacecraft Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
tetherBreakDistance 19.7 kilometers deployed ⓘ
tetheredSatellite TSS-1R ⓘ
linked to: TSS-1
tetherLength 20.7 kilometers ⓘ
tetherStatus tether broke during deployment ⓘ
tssDesignation Tethered Satellite System Reflight (TSS-1R) ⓘ
yearOfSpaceflight 1996 ⓘ

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STS-76 → precededBy → STS-75 ⓘ
Jeffrey A. Hoffman → mission → STS-75 ⓘ
Umberto Guidoni → spaceflight → Space Shuttle Columbia STS-75 mission ⓘ
linked to: STS-75
Maurizio Cheli → spaceflight → STS-75 Tethered Satellite System mission ⓘ
linked to: STS-75
Claude Nicollier → spaceMission → STS-75 ⓘ
subject linked to: Nicollier