STS-5
From The Space Library
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| Organization | NASA-Office of Space Flight (United States) |
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| Mission type | Human Crew |
| Launch date | November 11, 1982 |
| 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) |
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Crew
- Commander: Vance D. Brand
- Pilot: Robert F. Overmyer
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.
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: 
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