STS-51G

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STS-51G
Organization NASA-Office of Space Flight (United States)
Mission type Human Crew
Launch date June 17, 1985 (1985-06-17)
Launch vehicle Space Shuttle
Launch site Cape Canaveral, United States
COSPAR ID 1985-048A
Inclination 28.45 degrees
Experiments Here
Alternate Names STS 18,15823
Additional Information Here
Data Collection Here
Payload Mass Up 20148 kg
Payload Mass Down 9838.64 kg
Orbiter Discovery
Lift Off Mass 2,053,005.91 kg
Orbiter Weight at Liftoff 116,555.00 kg
Orbiter Weight at Landing 92,804.09 kg
Landed Runway 23 dry lake bed at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
Orbits of Earth 111
Orbital Altitude 190 nautical miles (218 statute miles)


Contents

Crew

  • Commander: Daniel Brandenstein
  • Pilot: John Creighton
    • Payload Commander:
    • Mission Specialist 1: John Fabian
    • Mission Specialist 2: Steven Nagel
    • Mission Specialist 3: Shannon Lucid
    • Mission Specialist 4:
    • Mission Specialist 5:
    • Payload Specialist 1: Patrick Baudry
    • Payload Specialist 2: Sultan Salman Abdul Azziz Al Sa'ud


ISS/Mir Crew Transport


Mission

STS 51-G was the fifth Discovery shuttle flight. On board were Daniel Brandenstein, John Creighton, Shannon Lucid, John Fabian, Steven Nagel, Patrick Baudry (from France) and Prince Sultan Salman Al-Saud (from Saudi Arabia). Deployed during the mission were the Morelos (Mexico), Arabsat (ASCO), and Telstar (AT&T) satellites. The Spartan 1 spacecraft was deployed and retrieved. Also flown: deployable/retrievable Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy (SPARTAN-1); six Get Away Special canisters; Strategic Defense Initiative experiment called the High Precision Tracking Experiment (HPTE); a materials processing furnace called Automated Directional Solidification Furnace (ADSF); and two French biomedical experiments. The mission duration was 169 hours 38 minutes 52 seconds.


EVA

Payload

Deployment of Morelos (Mexico communications satellite)-A with Payload Assist Module (PAM)-D; Arabsat (Arab League communications satellite)-1B with PAM-D; and Telstar (American Telephone and Telegraph communications satellite) with PAM-D; Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy (SPARTAN)-1; Automated Directional Solidification Furnace (ADSF); High-Precision Tracking Experiment (HPTE); Orbiter Experiments (OEX); French Echocardiograph Experiment (FEE) and French Pocket Experiment (FPE)


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