Discovery STS-53 - space flight of the Discovery MTKK under the Space Shuttle program. Implemented with support from US DOD. The launch took place on December 2, 1992 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. STS-53 is the last mission of military shuttles.
| Discovery STS-53 | |
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| General information | |
| Organization | |
| Ship flight data | |
| Ship name | Discovery |
| Shuttle Flight No. | 52 |
| Discovery Flight No. | fifteen |
| Launch pad | Kennedy Space Center , launch pad 39-B |
| Launch | December 2, 1992, 13:24:00 |
| Ship landing | December 9, 1992, 20:43:17 |
| Landing place | Runway 22, Edwards Air Force Base , California |
| Flight duration | 7d / 07:19:17 |
| Number of turns | 116 |
| Distance traveled | 4 816 454 km |
| Orbit height | 322 km |
| Apogee | 376 km |
| Perigee | 365 km |
| Mood | 57.0 Β° |
| Circulation period | 92 minutes |
| Weight | 87,565 kg (full); 11860 kg (PN) |
| NSSDC ID | 1992-086A |
| SCN | 22259 |
| Crew flight data | |
| Crew members | 5 |
| Crew photo | |
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| Associated Expeditions | |
Content
- 1 crew
- 2 Purpose of flight
- 3 See also
- 4 References
- 5 notes
Crew
- Commander: David Walker (3) [1]
- Pilot: Robert Boar (2)
- 1st Flight Program Specialist: Guyon Bluford (4)
- 2nd Flight Program Specialist: James Voss (2)
- 3rd Flight Program Specialist: Michael Clifford (1)
Purpose of Flight
The main load is classified, was withdrawn for the purposes of the US Department of Defense . Two additional loads are unclassified. During the flight, 9 unclassified experiments were conducted.
USA-89 ( NSSDC ID 1992-086B ), sometimes also called βDoD-1,β was launched in flight. This satellite was the second in a series of communication satellites Satellite Data System -2 ( SDS -2), the first was USA-40, launched in STS-28 .
The additional loads installed in the Get Away Special (GAS) in the cargo hold were: Orbital Debris Radar Calibration Spheres (ODERACS-1) and the Shuttle Glow Experiment / Cryogenic Heat Pipe Experiment (GCP) combined experiment.
See also
- Space shuttle
- Timeline of manned spaceflight
- Nikon NASA F4
Links
- NASA mission summary . Archived May 15, 2012.
Notes
- β (3) - the number in brackets shows the number of flights performed by a crew member, including this
| Shuttle spacecraft series | ||
| Previous Flight: STS-52 | STS-53 | Next flight: STS-54 |