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Mission "STS-51"
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Mission "STS-51"
| BRIEFLY ABOUT MISSION |
| Registration number | 1993-058A / 22795 |
| Time and date of launch (UTC) | 11h.45m.00s. September 12, 1993 |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral, LC 39-B |
| Launch vehicle | Shuttle |
| Payload mass (kg) | 19360 |
| Orbital parameters: | |
| - inclination (degrees) | 28.45 |
| - period (minutes) | 90.6 |
| - perigee (km) | 300 |
| - apogee (km) | 308 |
| Time and date of landing (wheel stop, UTC) | 07h.56m.56s. September 22, 1993 |
| - rollout time (sec.) | 50 |
| Place of landing | Runway 15, Kennedy Space Center, FL |
| Duration | 9d.20h.11m.56s. |
| Distance (km) | 6.609 million |
| Number of revolutions around Earth | 157 |
| Summary | 17th fly of space shuttle "Discovery". Launch of satellite ACTS. |
| CREW |
| Ord. num. |
Status | Main | Backup | Reserved |
| 1 | Cdr | Culbertson, Frank Lee, Jr. | ||
| 2 | Plt | Readdy, William Francis | ||
| 3 | MS | Newman, James Hansen | ||
| 4 | MS | Bursch, Daniel Wheeler | ||
| 5 | MS | Walz, Carl Erwin | ||
| Call sign | Discovery | |||
| TIMELINE |
| Date | Time (UTC) | Spaceship's revo- lution number |
Station's revo- lution number |
Explanation |
| Sep 12, 1993 | 11:45:00 | 1 |
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Lift-off Shuttle, mission "STS-51" (crew: Culbertson, Readdy, Newman, Bursch, Walz ). |
| Sep 16, 1993 | 05:57:30 |
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Mir:43334 | Beginning of the 1st [of 5] PE-14 EVA ( Tsibliyev, Serebrov ); station "Mir" . |
| Sep 16, 1993 | 08:40 | 63 |
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Beginning of EVA ( Walz, Newman ); mission "STS-51" . 4 astronauts first are in open space at the same time! |
| Sep 16, 1993 | 10:16 |
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Mir:43337 | Ending of EVA ( Tsibliyev, Serebrov ), duration 4:18; station "Mir" . |
| Sep 16, 1993 | 15:45 | 67 |
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Ending of EVA ( Walz, Newman ), duration 7:05; mission "STS-51" . |
| Sep 20, 1993 | 03:51:50 |
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Mir:43395 | Beginning of the 2nd [of 5] PE-14 EVA ( Tsibliyev, Serebrov ); station "Mir" . |
| Sep 20, 1993 | 07:05:40 |
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Mir:43397 | Ending of EVA ( Tsibliyev, Serebrov ), duration 3:13; station "Mir" . |
| Sep 22, 1993 | 06:55:30 | 157 |
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Deorbit burn of Shuttle, mission "STS-51" (crew: Culbertson, Readdy, Newman, Bursch, Walz ). |
| Sep 22, 1993 | 07:56:56 | 158 |
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Landing of Shuttle, mission "STS-51" (crew: Culbertson, Readdy, Newman, Bursch, Walz ). |
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