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Mission "STS-103"
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Mission "STS-103"
| BRIEFLY ABOUT MISSION |
| Registration number | 1999-069A / 25996 |
| Time and date of launch (UTC) | 00h.50m.00s. December 20, 1999 |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral, LC 39-B |
| Launch vehicle | Shuttle |
| Payload mass (kg) | |
| Orbital parameters: | |
| - inclination (degrees) | 28.5 |
| - period (minutes) | 93.4 |
| - perigee (km) | 313 |
| - apogee (km) | 582 |
| Time and date of landing (wheel stop, UTC) | 00h.01m.34s. December 28, 1999 |
| - rollout time (sec.) | 47 |
| Place of landing | Runway 33, Kennedy Space Center, FL |
| Duration | 7d.23h.11m.34s. |
| Distance (km) | 6.0 million |
| Number of revolutions around Earth | 119 |
| Summary | 27th flight of Shuttle "Discovery". The 3rd Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission (SM3A) (also look "STS-31" , "STS-61" , "STS-82" , "STS-109" and "STS-125" ). |
| CREW |
| Ord. num. |
Status | Main | Backup | Reserved |
| 1 | Cdr | Brown, Curtis Lee, Jr. | ||
| 2 | Plt | Kelly, Scott Joseph | ||
| 3 | MS/PC | Smith, Steven Lee | ||
| 4 | MS | Foale, Michael Colin | ||
| 5 | MS | Grunsfeld, John Mace | ||
| 6 | MS | Nicollier, Claude | ||
| 7 | MS/FE | Clervoy, Jean-Francois Andre | ||
| Call sign | Discovery | |||
| TIMELINE |
| Date | Time (UTC) | Spaceship's revo- lution number |
Station's revo- lution number |
Explanation |
| Dec 20, 1999 | 00:50:00 | 1 | HST:52620 | Lift-off Shuttle, mission "STS-103" (crew: Brown, Kelly, Smith, Foale, Grunsfeld, Nicollier, Clervoy ). |
| Dec 22, 1999 | 01:26 | 31 | HST:52650 | The HST was berthed in the flight service structure (FSS) of the Shuttle (mission "STS-103" , robot arm operator Clervoy ). |
| Dec 22, 1999 | 18:54 | 42 | HST:52661 | Beginning of EVA ( Smith, Grunsfeld ); the 1st [of 3] EVA of the mission "STS-103" . |
| Dec 23, 1999 | 03:09 | 47 | HST:52666 | Ending of EVA ( Smith, Grunsfeld ), duration 8:15; mission "STS-103" . |
| Dec 23, 1999 | 19:06 | 57 | HST:52676 | Beginning of EVA ( Foale, Nicollier ); the 2nd [of 3] EVA of the mission "STS-103" . |
| Dec 24, 1999 | 03:16 | 62 | HST:52681 | Ending of EVA ( Foale, Nicollier ), duration 8:10; mission "STS-103" . |
| Dec 24, 1999 | 19:17 | 72 | HST:52691 | Beginning of EVA ( Smith, Grunsfeld ); the 3rd [of 3] EVA of the mission "STS-103" . |
| Dec 25, 1999 | 03:25 | 77 | HST:52696 | Ending of EVA ( Smith, Grunsfeld ), duration 8:08; mission "STS-103" . |
| Dec 25, 1999 | 23:03 | 89 | HST:52708 | Hubble is stand-alone again (mission "STS-103" , robot arm operator Clervoy ). |
| Dec 27, 1999 | 22:48 | 119 | HST:52738 | Deorbit burn of Shuttle, mission "STS-103" (crew: Brown, Kelly, Smith, Foale, Grunsfeld, Nicollier, Clervoy ). |
| Dec 28, 1999 | 00:01:34 | 120 | HST:52739 | Landing of Shuttle, mission "STS-103" (crew: Brown, Kelly, Smith, Foale, Grunsfeld, Nicollier, Clervoy ). |
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