Manned Flight n°: 187 |
Earth orbit Flight n°: 184 |
USA manned Flight n°: 106 |
Launch, orbit & landing data:
| Designation | 23801 / 96012A |
| Launch date - time | 22 Feb 1996 - 20:18:00 UT |
| Launch site | KSC, LC39B |
| Launch vehicle |
Space Shuttle |
| Orbiter | Columbia #19 (OV-102) |
| Primary payload | TSS-1R |
| Mass (kg) | |
| Flight Crew | Allen, Horowitz, Hoffman, Cheli
Nicollier, Chang-Diaz, Guidoni |
| Earth orbit on : |
| - Perigee / Apogee | km |
| - Inclination | 28.45° |
| - Period | min |
| Landing date - time | 09 Mar 1996 - 13:58:22 UT |
| Landing location | KSC, Runway 33 |
| Flight Duration (d:hr:min) | 15d 17h 41m |
| Nbr orbits | 251 |
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Crew
| Nr. |
Surname |
Given name |
Job |
Duration |
| 1 |
Allen |
Andrew Michael |
CDR |
15d 17h 41m |
| 2 |
Horowitz |
Scott Jay "Doc" |
PLT |
15d 17h 41m |
| 3 |
Chang-Diaz |
Franklin Ramon |
MSP |
15d 17h 41m |
| 4 |
Cheli |
Maurizio |
MSP |
15d 17h 41m |
| 5 |
Hoffman |
Jeffrey Alan |
MSP |
15d 17h 41m |
| 6 |
Nicollier |
Claude |
MSP |
15d 17h 41m |
| 7 |
Guidoni |
Umberto |
MSP |
15d 17h 41m |
Mission details:
Launch from Cape Canaveral (KSC); landing on Cape
Canaveral (KSC); mission "US Microgravity Payload-3" with several
experiment in different sientific fields; deploying of Italian Tethered
Satellite System-1 failed, because the tether has broken after a distance
of 19 km; satellite was lost; mission was extended one day due of bad
weather on Cape Canaveral (KSC).
Payload: Columbia F19 / USMP-3 Aft. Mass: 10,592 kg. Perigee: 277 km. Apogee: 320 km. Inclination: 28.5 deg. Period: 90.5 min.
Carried TSS-1R tether satellite; satellite tether broke during deployment, making TSS-1R an unintentional free flyer
Payloads: Tethered Satellite System (TSS) Reflight (1R); Orbital Acceleration Research Experiment (OARE) (part of United States Microgravity Payload 3); USMP-3; Commercial Protein Crystal Growth (CPCG) 09, Block IV; Middeck Glovebox Experiment (MGBX) (part of USMP-3).
Narrative: Orbits of Earth: 252. Distance traveled: 10,460,735 km. Orbiter Liftoff Mass: 118,610 kg. Payload to Orbit: 10,592 kg.
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