Space Shuttle Launch System 1972-2004 by Mark Lardas

Space Shuttle Launch System 1972-2004 by Mark Lardas

Author:Mark Lardas
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Space Shuttle Launch System 1972 –2004
ISBN: 9781782004189
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing


STS-53

Vehicle: Discovery

Orbit: 57° inclination, 174nmi altitude

Crew: 5

Launch: December 2, 1992, Pad 39-A

Landing: December 9, 1992, Edwards AFB Runway 22

The final military mission deployed another SDS-2 satellite, USA 89. Secondary payloads in the cargo bay included the Orbital Debris Radar Calibration Spheres (ODERACS) and the combined Shuttle Glow Experiment/Cryogenic Heat Pipe Experiment (GCP).

Columbia at Edwards AFB being towed to the Shuttle Processing Area at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center following landing on STS-5. Orbiter landing servicing vehicles can be seen behind the Orbiter, while a tug pulls the Orbiter.



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