STS-51
From The Space Library
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| Organization | NASA-OfficeofSpaceFlight(UnitedStates),NASA-OfficeofSpaceScienceApplications(UnitedStates) |
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| Mission type | Astronomy,Communications,Human Crew |
| Launch date | September 12, 1993 |
| Launch vehicle | Space Shuttle |
| Carrier rocket | {$Carrier Rocket} |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral, United States |
| COSPAR ID | 1993-058A |
| Mass | {$Mass} |
| Experiments | Here |
| Alternate Names | 22795 |
| Nominal Power | {$Nominal Power} |
| Additional Information | Here |
| PDMP Information | Here |
| Telecommunications Information | Here |
| Data Collection | Here |
| Payload Mass Up | 19360.0 kg |
STS 51 was the seventeenth flight of the Discovery orbiter. Its main mission goals were to deploy the Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS) and ORFEUS-SPAS. In addition to the the two spacecraft in the cargo bay, STS 51 also carried the Limited Duration Space Environment Candidate Materials Exposure (LDCE) experiment. Mid-deck experiments included the fourth flight of the Chromosome and Plant Cell Division in Space experiment (CHROMEX 4), the third flight of the Radiation Monitoring Equipment (RME-III), the Air Force Maui Optical Site (AMOS), the second flight of the Auroral Photography Experiment (APE-B), the Commercial Protein Crystal Growth (CPCG) experiment, the first flight of the High-Resolution Shuttle Glow Spectroscopy (HRSGS-A) experiment, the Investigations into Polymer Membrane Processing (IPMP) experiment, and more IMAX photography.
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