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Mission "STS-68"
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Mission "STS-68"
| BRIEFLY ABOUT MISSION |
| Registration number | 1994-062A / 23285 |
| Time and date of launch (UTC) | 11h.16m.00s. September 30, 1994 |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral, LC 39-A |
| Launch vehicle | Shuttle |
| Payload mass (kg) | 12510 |
| Orbital parameters: | |
| - inclination (degrees) | 57.0 |
| - period (minutes) | 88.9 |
| - perigee (km) | 214 |
| - apogee (km) | 227 |
| Time and date of landing (wheel stop, UTC) | 17h.03m.10s. October 11, 1994 |
| - rollout time (sec.) | 62 |
| Place of landing | Runway 22, Edwards Air Force Base, CA |
| Duration | 11d.05h.47m.10s. |
| Distance (km) | 8.7 million |
| Number of revolutions around Earth | 182 |
| Summary | 7th fly of shuttle "Endeavour". 2nd fly of "Space Radar Laboratory" (SRL). Ecological investigations. |
| CREW |
| Ord. num. |
Status | Main | Backup | Reserved |
| 1 | Cdr | Baker, Michael Allen | ||
| 2 | Plt | Wilcutt, Terrence Wade | ||
| 3 | MS/PC | Jones, Thomas David | ||
| 4 | MS | Smith, Steven Lee | ||
| 5 | MS | Bursch, Daniel Wheeler | ||
| 6 | MS | Wisoff, Peter Jeffrey Kelsay | ||
| Call sign | Endeavour | |||
| TIMELINE |
| Date | Time (UTC) | Spaceship's revo- lution number |
Station's revo- lution number |
Explanation |
| Sep 30, 1994 | 11:16:00 | 1 |
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Lift-off Shuttle, mission "STS-68" (crew: Baker, Wilcutt, Smith, Bursch, Wisoff, Jones ). |
| Oct 03, 1994 | 22:42:30 | 1 | Mir:49302 | Lift-off spacecraft "Soyuz-TM20" (crew: Viktorenko, Kondakova, Merbold ). |
| Oct 04, 1994 | 18:55:52 | 628 | Mir:49315 | Undocking of "Progress M-24" from fore (transitional) unit of orbital complex "Mir" - "Soyuz-TM19" . |
| Oct 04, 1994 | 21:44:00 | 629 | Mir:49317 | Deorbit burn of "Progress M-24" . |
| Oct 04, 1994 | 22:43 | 629 | Mir:49317 | End of existence of "Progress M-24" . |
| Oct 06, 1994 | 00:28:15 | 34 | Mir:49334 | Docking of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM20" (crew: Viktorenko, Kondakova, Merbold ) to fore (transitional) unit of orbital complex "Mir" - "Soyuz-TM19" . |
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Crew of station "Mir" after docking: Polyakov, Malenchenko, Musabayev, Viktorenko, Kondakova, Merbold. | |||
| Oct 11, 1994 | 16:07:19 | 183 |
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Deorbit burn of Shuttle, mission "STS-68" (crew: Baker, Wilcutt, Smith, Bursch, Wisoff, Jones ). |
| Oct 11, 1994 | 17:03:10 | 183 |
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Landing of Shuttle, mission "STS-68" (crew: Baker, Wilcutt, Smith, Bursch, Wisoff, Jones ). |
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