STS-51G
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| Organization | NASA-Office of Space Flight (United States) |
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| Mission type | Human Crew |
| Launch date | June 17, 1985 |
| 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) |
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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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