| Registration number |
1985-104A / 16230 |
| Time and date of launch (UT) |
17h.00m.00s. October 30, 1985 |
| Launch site |
Cape Canaveral, LC 39-A |
| Launch vehicle |
Shuttle |
| Payload mass (kg) |
14451 |
| Orbital parameters: |
| - inclination (degrees) |
57 |
| - period (minutes) |
91.0 |
| - perigee (km) |
319 |
| - apogee (km) |
331 |
| Time and date of landing (wheel stop, UT) |
17h.45m.38s. November 06, 1985 |
| - rollout time (sec.) |
45 |
| Place of landing |
Runway 17, Edwards Air Force Base, CA |
| Duration |
7d.00h.45m.38s. |
| Distance (km) |
4.682 million |
| Number of revolutions around Earth |
111 |
| Summary |
9th (the last) fly of "Challenger". Crew of 8 astronauts (include 3 foreign astronauts).
|
| Date |
Time (UT) |
Spaceship's revo-
lution number |
Explanation |
|
Oct 30, 1985
|
17:00:00
|
1
|
Lift-off Shuttle, mission
"STS-61A"
(crew:
Hartsfield,
Nagel,
Buchli,
Bluford,
Dunbar,
Furrer,
Messerschmid,
Ockels
).
|
|
Nov 06, 1985
|
16:50?
|
111
|
Deorbit burn of Shuttle, mission
"STS-61A"
(crew:
Hartsfield,
Nagel,
Buchli,
Bluford,
Dunbar,
Furrer,
Messerschmid,
Ockels
).
|
|
Nov 06, 1985
|
17:45:38
|
112
|
Landing of Shuttle, mission
"STS-61A"
(crew:
Hartsfield,
Nagel,
Buchli,
Bluford,
Dunbar,
Furrer,
Messerschmid,
Ockels
).
|
