STS-5

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STS-5
Organization NASA-Office of Space Flight (United States)
Mission type Human Crew
Launch date November 11, 1982 (1982-11-11)
Launch vehicle Space Shuttle
Launch site Cape Canaveral, United States
COSPAR ID 1982-110A
Inclination 28.45 degrees
Experiments Here
Alternate Names 13650
Additional Information Here
Data Collection Here
Payload Mass Up 14549 kg
Payload Mass Down 7952.27 kg
Orbiter Columbia
Lift Off Mass 2,039,667.27 kg
Orbiter Weight at Liftoff 112,324.09 kg
Orbiter Weight at Landing 92,036.36 kg
Landed Concrete runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
Orbits of Earth 81
Orbital Altitude 160 nautical miles (184 statute miles)


Contents

Crew

  • Commander: Vance D. Brand
  • Pilot: Robert F. Overmyer
    • Payload Commander:
    • Mission Specialist 1: Joseph P. Allen
    • Mission Specialist 2: William B. Lenoir
    • Mission Specialist 3:
    • Mission Specialist 4:
    • Mission Specialist 5:
    • Payload Specialist 1:
    • Payload Specialist 2:


ISS/Mir Crew Transport


Mission

STS 5 was the first operational flight of the Space Transportation System. Astronauts Vance Brand, Robert Overmeyer, Joseph Allen, and William Lenoir were on board and deployed the SBS-C and Telesat-C satellites. This Shuttle launch demonstrated the ability to conduct routine space operations. The mission duration was 122 hours 14 minutes 26 seconds.


EVA

Payload

First mission to deploy commercial communications satellites: Satellite Business Systems (SBS)-C with Payload Assist Module (PAM)-D; Telesat-E (Canadian communications satellite) with PAM-D. Monodisperse Latex Reactor (MLR); Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System (CFES); three getaway specials (GAS); student experiments; GLOW experiment; Vestibular experiment, Oxygen Interaction With Materials experiment


Mission patch: