STS-5

**STS-5**
Organization	NASA-Office of Space Flight (United States)
Mission type	Human Crew
Launch date	November 11, 1982
Launch vehicle	Space Shuttle
Launch site	Cape Canaveral, United States
COSPAR ID	1982-110A
Inclination	28.45 degrees
Experiments	Here
Alternate Names	13650
Additional Information	Here
Data Collection	Here
Payload Mass Up	14549 kg
Payload Mass Down	7952.27 kg
Orbiter	Columbia
Lift Off Mass	2,039,667.27 kg
Orbiter Weight at Liftoff	112,324.09 kg
Orbiter Weight at Landing	92,036.36 kg
Landed	Concrete runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
Orbits of Earth	81
Orbital Altitude	160 nautical miles (184 statute miles)

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[edit] Crew

Commander: Vance D. Brand
Pilot: Robert F. Overmyer
- Mission Specialist 1: Joseph P. Allen
- Mission Specialist 2: William B. Lenoir

[edit] Mission

STS 5 was the first operational flight of the Space Transportation System. Astronauts Vance Brand, Robert Overmeyer, Joseph Allen, and William Lenoir were on board and deployed the SBS-C and Telesat-C satellites. This Shuttle launch demonstrated the ability to conduct routine space operations. The mission duration was 122 hours 14 minutes 26 seconds.

[edit] Payload

First mission to deploy commercial communications satellites: Satellite Business Systems (SBS)-C with Payload Assist Module (PAM)-D; Telesat-E (Canadian communications satellite) with PAM-D. Monodisperse Latex Reactor (MLR); Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System (CFES); three getaway specials (GAS); student experiments; GLOW experiment; Vestibular experiment, Oxygen Interaction With Materials experiment

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