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Mission "STS-51I"
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Mission "STS-51I"
| BRIEFLY ABOUT MISSION |
| Registration number | 1985-076A / 15992 |
| Time and date of launch (UT) | 10h.58m.01s. August 27, 1985 |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral, LC 39-A |
| Launch vehicle | Shuttle |
| Payload mass (kg) | 19952 |
| Orbital parameters: | |
| - inclination (degrees) | 28.45 |
| - period (minutes) | 91.7 |
| - perigee (km) | 351 |
| - apogee (km) | 364 |
| Time and date of landing (wheel stop, UT) | 13h.16m.30s. September 03, 1985 |
| - rollout time (sec.) | 47 |
| Place of landing | Runway 23, Edwards Air Force Base, CA |
| Duration | 7d.02h.18m.29s. |
| Distance (km) | 4.698 million |
| Number of revolutions around Earth | 111 |
| Summary | 6th fly of space shuttle "Discovery". |
| CREW |
| Ord. num. |
Status | Main | Backup | Reserved |
| 1 | Cdr | Engle, Joe Henry | ||
| 2 | Plt | Covey, Richard Oswald | ||
| 3 | MS | Fisher, William Frederick | ||
| 4 | MS | Lounge, John Michael | ||
| 5 | MS | van Hoften, James Dougal Adrianus | ||
| Call sign | Discovery | |||
| TIMELINE |
| Date | Time (UT) | Spaceship's revo- lution number |
Station's revo- lution number |
Explanation |
| Aug 27, 1985 | 10:58:01 | 1 |
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Lift-off Shuttle, mission "STS-51I" (crew: Engle, Covey, Fisher, Lounge, van Hoften ). |
| Aug 28, 1985 | 21:50 | 636 | Salyut-7:19372 | Undocking of "Kosmos-1669" from aft (aggregative) unit of orbital complex "Salyut-7" - "Soyuz-T13" . |
| Aug 30, 1985 | 01:20 | 654 | Salyut-7:19390 | Deorbit burn of "Kosmos-1669" . |
| Aug 30, 1985 | 02:05? | 654 | Salyut-7:19390 | End of existence of "Kosmos-1669" . |
| Aug 31, 1985 | 12:12? | 63? |
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Beginning of EVA ( van Hoften, Fisher ); the 1st [of 2] EVA of the mission "STS-51I" . |
| Aug 31, 1985 | 19:20? | 68? |
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Ending of EVA ( van Hoften, Fisher ), duration 7:08; mission "STS-51I" . |
| Sep 01, 1985 | 12:15? | 79? |
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Beginning of EVA ( van Hoften, Fisher ); the 2nd [of 2] EVA of the mission "STS-51I" . |
| Sep 01, 1985 | 16:41? | 82? |
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Ending of EVA ( van Hoften, Fisher ), duration 4:26; mission "STS-51I" . |
| Sep 03, 1985 | 12:15? | 111 |
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Deorbit burn of Shuttle, mission "STS-51I" (crew: Engle, Covey, Fisher, Lounge, van Hoften ). |
| Sep 03, 1985 | 13:16:30 | 111 |
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Landing of Shuttle, mission "STS-51I" (crew: Engle, Covey, Fisher, Lounge, van Hoften ). |
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