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Mission "STS-45"
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Mission "STS-45"
| BRIEFLY ABOUT MISSION |
| Registration number | 1992-015A / 21915 |
| Time and date of launch (UT) | 13h.13m.40s. March 24, 1992 |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral, LC 39-A |
| Launch vehicle | Shuttle |
| Payload mass (kg) | 8020 |
| Orbital parameters: | |
| - inclination (degrees) | 57 |
| - period (minutes) | 90.3 |
| - perigee (km) | 282 |
| - apogee (km) | 294 |
| Time and date of landing (wheel stop, UT) | 11h.24m.04s. April 02, 1992 |
| - rollout time (sec.) | 56 |
| Place of landing | Runway 33, Kennedy Space Center, FL |
| Duration | 8d.22h.10m.24s. |
| Distance (km) | 5.995 million |
| Number of revolutions around Earth | 142 |
| Summary | 11th fly of space shuttle "Atlantis". 1st fly of atmospheric laboratory "ATLAS-1" included in "Spacelab". |
| CREW |
| Ord. num. |
Status | Main | Backup | Reserved |
| 1 | Cdr | Bolden, Charles Frank, Jr. | ||
| 2 | Plt | Duffy, Brian | ||
| 3 | MS | (w) Sullivan, Kathryn Dwyer | ||
| 4 | MS | Leestma, David Cornell | ||
| 5 | MS | Foale, Michael Colin | ||
| 6 | PS | Lichtenberg, Byron Kurt | ||
| 7 | PS | Frimout, Dirk Dries David Damiaan | Lampton, Michael Logan | |
| Call sign | Atlantis | |||
| TIMELINE |
| Date | Time (UT) | Spaceship's revo- lution number |
Station's revo- lution number |
Explanation |
| Mar 24, 1992 | 13:13:40 | 1 |
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Lift-off Shuttle, mission "STS-45" (crew: Bolden, Duffy, Sullivan, Leestma, Foale, Lichtenberg, Frimout ). |
| Mar 25, 1992 | 05:26 | 2732 | Mir:34918 | Undocking of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM13" (crew: Krikalyov, Volkov, Flade ) from fore (transitional) unit of orbital complex "Mir" - "Soyuz-TM14" . |
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Crew of station "Mir" after undocking: Viktorenko, Kaleri. | |||
| Mar 25, 1992 | 07:55 | 2734 | Mir:34919 | Deorbit burn of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM13" (crew: Krikalyov, Volkov, Flade ). |
| Mar 25, 1992 | 08:51:22 | 2735 | Mir:34920 | Landing of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM13" (crew: Krikalyov, Volkov, Flade ). |
| Apr 02, 1992 | 10:20:55 | 142 |
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Deorbit burn of Shuttle, mission "STS-45" (crew: Bolden, Duffy, Sullivan, Leestma, Foale, Lichtenberg, Frimout ). |
| Apr 02, 1992 | 11:24:04 | 143 |
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Landing of Shuttle, mission "STS-45" (crew: Bolden, Duffy, Sullivan, Leestma, Foale, Lichtenberg, Frimout ). |
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