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STS-51 QUICK-LOOK
Launch Date/Site: July 1993, Kennedy Space Center - Pad 39B
Launch Time: TBD
Orbiter: Discovery (OV-103) - 17th Flight
Orbit/Inclination: 160 nautical miles/28.45 degrees
Mission Duration: 8 days, 21 hours, 59 minutes
Landing Time/Date: TBD
Primary Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Abort Landing Sites: Return to Launch Site - KSC, Fla.
Transatlantic Abort landing: Banjul, The Gambia;
Ben Guerir, Morocco; Moron, Spain
Abort Once Around: Edwards AFB, Calif.
Crew: Frank Culbertson, Commander (CDR)
William Readdy, Pilot (PLT)
Jim Newman, Mission Specialist 1 (MS1)
Dan Bursch, Mission Specialist 2 (MS2)
Carl Walz, Mission Specialist 3 (MS3)
Cargo Bay Payloads & Activities
Advanced Communication Technology Satellite/Transfer Orbit
Stage (ACTS/TOS)
Orbiting Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer-
Shuttle
Pallet Satellite (ORFEUS-SPAS)
Limited Duration Space Environment Candidate Materials
Exposure (LDCE)
In-Cabin Payloads
Air Force Maui Optical Site (AMOS)
Auroral Photography Experiment-B (APE-B)
Commercial Protein Crystal Growth (CPCG)
Chromosome and Plant Cell Division in Space (CHROMEX)
High Resolution Shuttle Glow Spectroscopy-A (HRSGS-A)
IMAX
Investigations into Polymer Membrane Processing (IPMP)
Radiation Monitoring Equipment-III (RME-III)
STS- 51 PAYLOAD AND VEHICLE WEIGHTS
Vehicle/Payload Pounds
Orbiter (Discovery) empty and 3 SSMEs 173,117
Advanced Communications Satellite/Transfer Orbit Stage 26,756
ACTS Support Equipment 6,394
ORFEUS/SPAS 7,070
LDCE/GAS can 770
APE 41
CHROMEX 69
CPCG 70
HRSGS 91
IMAX Camera System 320
IPMP 20
RME 7
DSOs/DTOs 162
Total Vehicle at SRB Ignition 4,525,219
Orbiter Landing Weight 203,639
STS-51 SUMMARY TIMELINE
Flight Day One
Ascent
OMS-2 (160 n.m. x 161 n.m.)
Remote Manipulator System checkout
CHROMEX check
CPCG activation
RME activation
ACTS/TOS deploy
RCS, OMS Separation burns
(161 n.m. x 173 n.m.)
Flight Day Two
OMS, RCS burns (158 n.m. x 159 n.m.)
ORFEUS/SPAS checkout
ORFEUS/SPAS release
RCS Separation burns (158 n.m. x 159 n.m.)
CHROMEX check
Cabin depress to 10.2 psi
Flight Day Three
Stationkeeping burns (158 n.m. x 159 n.m.)
IPMP activation
CHROMEX check
Flight Day Four
EMU checkout
Stationkeeping burns (158 n.m. x 159 n.m.)
RME check
Flight Day Five
Extravehicular activity preparations
Extravehicular activity (six hours)
Stationkeeping burns (158 n.m. x 159 n.m.)
CHROMEX check
Flight Day Six
Stationkeeping burns (158 n.m. x 159 n.m.)
APE setup
HRSGS setup
CHROMEX check
LDCE operations
Flight Day Seven
Stationkeeping burns
(158 n.m. x 159 n.m.)
LDCE operations
APE operations
HRSGS operations
HRSGS stow
CHROMEX check
RME check
Flight Day Eight
ORFEUS/SPAS rendezvous
ORFEUS/SPAS berth
CHROMEX check
DTO 412: Fuel Cell shutdown
Flight Day Nine
Cabin repress to 14.7 psi
Flight Control Systems checkout
Reaction Control System hot-fire
AMOS
CHROMEX check
Cabin stow
DTO 412: Fuel Cell restart
Flight Day Ten
Deorbit preparations
Deorbit burn
Entry
Landing
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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