STS-32

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STS-32
Organization NASA-Office of Space Flight (United States)
Mission type Human Crew
Launch date January 9, 1990 (1990-01-09)
Launch vehicle Space Shuttle
Launch site Cape Canaveral, United States
COSPAR ID 1990-002A
Inclination 28.5 degrees
Experiments Here
Alternate Names 20409
Additional Information Here
Data Collection Here
Payload Mass Up 12014 kg
Payload Mass Down 9724.09 kg
Orbiter Columbia
Lift Off Mass 2,054,312.27 kg
Orbiter Weight at Liftoff 116,360.91 kg
Orbiter Weight at Landing 103,788.64 kg
Landed Concrete runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. (night landing)
Orbits of Earth 171
Orbital Altitude 194 nautical miles (233 statute miles)


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[edit] Mission

Objectives were deployment of SYNCOM IV-F5 defense communications satellite and retrieval of NASA's Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF). SYNCOM IV-F5 (also known as LEASAT 5) deployed first, and third stage Minuteman solid perigee kick motor propelled satellite to geosynchronous orbit. LDEF retrieved on flight day four using remote manipulator system. Middeck payloads: Characterization of Neurospora Circadian Rhythms (CNCR); Protein Crystal Growth (PCG); Fluid Experiment Apparatus (FEA); American Flight Echocardiograph (AFE); Latitude /Longitude Locator (L3); Mesoscale Lightning Experiment(MLE); IMAX camera; and Air Force Maui Optical Site (AMOS) experiment.


[edit] Payload

Deployment of Syncom IV-5; retrieval of Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF); Fluids Experiment Apparatus (FEA)-3; Protein Crystal Growth (PCG) III-2; Latitude/Longitude Locator (L3); American Flight Echocardiograph (AFE); Characterization of Neurospora Circadian Rhythms in Space (CNCR)-01; Air Force Maui Optical Site (AMOS)-4; Mesoscale Lightning Experiment (MLE); IMAX; Interim Operational Contamination Monitor (lOCM)


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