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Mission "STS-54"


BRIEFLY ABOUT MISSION
Registration number 1993-003A / 22313
Time and date of launch (UT) 13h.59m.30s.   January 13, 1993
Launch site Cape Canaveral, LC 39-B
Launch vehicle Shuttle
Payload mass (kg) 32115
Orbital parameters:
   - inclination (degrees) 28.45
   - period (minutes) 90.6
   - perigee (km) 302
   - apogee (km) 309
Time and date of landing (wheel stop, UT) 13h.38m.36s.   January 19, 1993
   - rollout time (sec.) 49
Place of landing Runway 33, Kennedy Space Center, FL
Duration 5d.23h.39m.06s.
Distance (km) 4.025 million
Number of revolutions around Earth 95
Summary 3rd fly of shuttle "Endeavour". Launch of the communication satellite TRDS-5. Experiments with X-ray spectrometer DXS.



CREW
Ord.
num.
Status Main Backup Reserved
1 Cdr Casper, John Howard

2 Plt McMonagle, Donald Ray

3 MS Runco, Mario, Jr.

4 MS Harbaugh, Gregory Jordan

5 MS (w) Helms, Susan Jane

Call sign Endeavour


TIMELINE
Date Time (UT) Spaceship's revo-
lution number
Explanation
Jan 13, 1993 13:59:30 1 Lift-off Shuttle, mission "STS-54"   (crew: Casper,   McMonagle,   Runco,   Harbaugh,   Helms ).
Jan 17, 1993 10:50 62 Beginning of EVA ( Runco,   Harbaugh ); mission "STS-54" .
Jan 17, 1993 15:18 65 Ending of EVA ( Runco,   Harbaugh ), duration 4:28; mission "STS-54" .
Jan 19, 1993 12:38:10 95 Deorbit burn of Shuttle, mission "STS-54"   (crew: Casper,   McMonagle,   Runco,   Harbaugh,   Helms ).
Jan 19, 1993 13:38:36 96 Landing of Shuttle, mission "STS-54"   (crew: Casper,   McMonagle,   Runco,   Harbaugh,   Helms ).

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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