| Registration number |
1985-109A / 16273 |
| Time and date of launch (UTC) |
00h.29m.00s. November 27, 1985 |
| Launch site |
Cape Canaveral, LC 39-A |
| Launch vehicle |
Shuttle |
| Payload mass (kg) |
21791 |
| Orbital parameters: |
| - inclination (degrees) |
28.5 |
| - period (minutes) |
91.9 |
| - perigee (km) |
361 |
| - apogee (km) |
370 |
| Time and date of landing (wheel stop, UTC) |
21h.35m.07s. December 03, 1985 |
| - rollout time (sec.) |
78 |
| Place of landing |
Runway 22, Edwards Air Force Base, CA |
| Duration |
6d.21h.06m.07s. |
| Distance (km) |
4.569 million |
| Number of revolutions around Earth |
108 |
| Summary |
2nd fly of space shuttle "Atlantis".
|
| Date |
Time (UTC) |
Spaceship's revo-
lution number |
Explanation |
|
Nov 27, 1985
|
00:29:00
|
1
|
Lift-off Shuttle, mission
"STS-61B"
(crew:
Shaw,
O'Connor,
Cleave,
Ross,
Spring,
Walker,
Neri
).
|
|
Nov 29, 1985
|
21:45?
|
46?
|
Beginning of EVA (
Spring,
Ross
); the 1st [of 2] EVA of the mission
"STS-61B"
.
|
|
Nov 30, 1985
|
03:17?
|
50?
|
Ending of EVA (
Spring,
Ross
), duration 5:32; mission
"STS-61B"
.
|
|
Dec 01, 1985
|
20:30?
|
77?
|
Beginning of EVA (
Spring,
Ross
); the 2nd [of 2] EVA of the mission
"STS-61B"
.
|
|
Dec 02, 1985
|
03:08?
|
81?
|
Ending of EVA (
Spring,
Ross
), duration 6:38; mission
"STS-61B"
.
|
|
Dec 03, 1985
|
20:40?
|
108
|
Deorbit burn of Shuttle, mission
"STS-61B"
(crew:
Shaw,
O'Connor,
Cleave,
Ross,
Spring,
Walker,
Neri
).
|
|
Dec 03, 1985
|
21:35:07
|
109
|
Landing of Shuttle, mission
"STS-61B"
(crew:
Shaw,
O'Connor,
Cleave,
Ross,
Spring,
Walker,
Neri
).
|
