| Registration number |
1991-031A / 21242 |
| Time and date of launch (UT) |
11h.33m.14s. April 28, 1991 |
| Launch site |
Cape Canaveral, LC 39-A |
| Launch vehicle |
Shuttle |
| Payload mass (kg) |
9712 |
| Orbital parameters: |
| - inclination (degrees) |
57 |
| - period (minutes) |
89.6 |
| - perigee (km) |
248 |
| - apogee (km) |
263 |
| Time and date of landing (wheel stop, UT) |
18h.56m.25s. May 06, 1991 |
| - rollout time (sec.) |
56 |
| Place of landing |
Runway 15, Kennedy Space Center, FL |
| Duration |
8d.07h.23m.11s. |
| Distance (km) |
5.584 million |
| Number of revolutions around Earth |
133 |
| Summary |
12th fly of space shuttle "Discovery" in the interests of Department of Defence.
|
| Date |
Time (UT) |
Spaceship's revo-
lution number |
Explanation |
|
Apr 28, 1991
|
11:33:14
|
1
|
Lift-off Shuttle, mission
"STS-39"
(crew:
Coats,
Hammond,
Bluford,
Harbaugh,
Hieb,
McMonagle,
Veach
).
|
|
May 06, 1991
|
17:53:34
|
134
|
Deorbit burn of Shuttle, mission
"STS-39"
(crew:
Coats,
Hammond,
Bluford,
Harbaugh,
Hieb,
McMonagle,
Veach
).
|
|
May 06, 1991
|
18:56:25
|
134
|
Landing of Shuttle, mission
"STS-39"
(crew:
Coats,
Hammond,
Bluford,
Harbaugh,
Hieb,
McMonagle,
Veach
).
|
