STS-32

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STS-32
Organization NASA-Office of Space Flight (United States)
Mission type Human Crew
Launch date January 9, 1990 (1990-01-09)
Launch vehicle Space Shuttle
Launch site Cape Canaveral, United States
COSPAR ID 1990-002A
Experiments Here
Alternate Names 20409
Additional Information Here
Data Collection Here
Payload Mass Up 12014.0 kg


Objectives were deployment of SYNCOM IV-F5 defense communications satellite and retrieval of NASA's Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF). SYNCOM IV-F5 (also known as LEASAT 5) deployed first, and third stage Minuteman solid perigee kick motor propelled satellite to geosynchronous orbit. LDEF retrieved on flight day four using remote manipulator system. Middeck payloads: Characterization of Neurospora Circadian Rhythms (CNCR); Protein Crystal Growth (PCG); Fluid Experiment Apparatus (FEA); American Flight Echocardiograph (AFE); Latitude /Longitude Locator (L3); Mesoscale Lightning Experiment(MLE); IMAX camera; and Air Force Maui Optical Site (AMOS) experiment.


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