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Mission "STS-5"


BRIEFLY ABOUT MISSION
Registration number 1982-110A / 13650
Time and date of launch (UTC) 12h.19m.00s.   November 11, 1982
Launch site Cape Canaveral, LC 39-A
Launch vehicle Shuttle
Payload mass (kg) 14551
Orbital parameters:
   - inclination (degrees) 28.5
   - period (minutes) 90.5
   - perigee (km) 294
   - apogee (km) 317
Time and date of landing (wheel stop, UTC) 14h.34m.29s.   November 16, 1982
   - rollout time (sec.) 63
Place of landing Runway 22, Edwards Air Force Base, CA
Duration 5d.02h.15m.29s.
Distance (km) 3.397 million
Number of revolutions around Earth 81
Summary 5th fly of shuttle "Columbia". Crew of 4 man. EVA. Launch of 2 telecommunication satellites COMSAT.



CREW
Ord.
num.
Status Main Backup Reserved
1 Cdr Brand, Vance DeVoe

2 Plt Overmyer, Robert Franklin

3 MS Allen, Joseph Percival

4 MS Lenoir, William Benjamin

Call sign Columbia


TIMELINE
Date Time (UTC) Spaceship's revo-
lution number
Explanation
Nov 11, 1982 12:19:00 1 Lift-off Shuttle, mission "STS-5"   (crew: Brand,   Overmyer,   Allen,   Lenoir ).
Nov 16, 1982 13:35? 81 Deorbit burn of Shuttle, mission "STS-5"   (crew: Brand,   Overmyer,   Allen,   Lenoir ).
Nov 16, 1982 14:34:29 82 Landing of Shuttle, mission "STS-5"   (crew: Brand,   Overmyer,   Allen,   Lenoir ).

Sources:
  Mission Control Center (TsUP) from 2007
  CBS News
  Spaceflight now
  Alexander Zheleznyakov
  journal "Novosti Kosmonavtiki" ("News of Cosmonautics") from 1993 till our time
  journal "Kosmonavtika, astronomiya" ("Cosmonautics, astronomy") 1983-1991 years
  book "Evolution of vehicle-creating and cosmonautics in the USSR" by Valentin P. Glushko, Moscow, 1987
  Jonathan's Space Report
  and many other people and editions
  


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