STS-4
From The Space Library
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| Organization | Department of Defense (United States), NASA-Office of Space Flight (United States) |
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| Mission type | Earth Science,Human Crew,Surveillance and Other Military |
| Launch date | June 27, 1982 |
| Launch vehicle | Space Shuttle |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral, United States |
| COSPAR ID | 1982-065A |
| Inclination | 28.45 degrees |
| Experiments | Here |
| Alternate Names | DOD 82-1,Shuttle OFT 4,13300 |
| Additional Information | Here |
| Data Collection | Here |
| Payload Mass Up | 11107 kg |
| Payload Mass Down | 11107 kg |
| Orbiter | Columbia |
| Lift Off Mass | 2,037,243.18 kg |
| Orbiter Weight at Liftoff | 109,847.27 kg |
| Orbiter Weight at Landing | 94,975.45 kg |
| Landed | Concrete runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. |
| Orbits of Earth | 112 |
| Orbital Altitude | 160 nautical miles (184 statute miles) |
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Crew
- Commander: Thomas K. Mattingly II
- Pilot: Henry Hartsfield
Mission
STS 4 was the fourth and last manned orbital test flight of the Space Transportation System. Astronauts Thomas Mattingly II and Henry Hartsfield verified the combined performance of the Space Shuttle vehicle. STS 4 carried the first operational Getaway Special (GAS) canister for Utah State University along with payload DOD 82-1. The mission duration was 169 hours 9 minutes 31 seconds.
Payload
Induced Environment Contamination Monitor (IECM); Monodisperse Latex Reactor (MLR); Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System (CFES); Development Flight Instrumentation (DFl); Orbiter Experiments (OEX); first NASA getaway special (GAS); Night/Day Optical Survey of Lightning (NOSL) experiment; Vapor Phase Compression (VPC) freezer heat exchanger dynamics for freezing samples; Aerodynamic Coefficient Identification Package (AClP) experiment
Mission patch: 
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