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Mission "STS-78"


BRIEFLY ABOUT MISSION
Registration number 1996-036A / 23931
Time and date of launch (UT) 14h.49m.00s.   June 20, 1996
Launch site Cape Canaveral, LC 39-B
Launch vehicle Shuttle
Payload mass (kg) 9649
Orbital parameters:
   - inclination (degrees) 39.0
   - period (minutes) 90.1
   - perigee (km) 273
   - apogee (km) 286
Time and date of landing (wheel stop, UT) 12h.37m.31s.   July 07, 1996
   - rollout time (sec.) 57
Place of landing Runway 33, Kennedy Space Center, FL
Duration 16d.21h.48m.31s.
Distance (km) 11.339 million
Number of revolutions around Earth 271
Summary 20th fly of space shuttle "Columbia".



CREW
Ord.
num.		 Status Main Backup Reserved
1 Cdr Henricks, Terence Thomas

2 Plt Kregel, Kevin Richard

3 MS (w) Helms, Susan Jane

4 MS Linnehan, Richard Michael

5 MS Brady, Charles Eldon

6 PS Favier, Jean-Jacques Urbani, Luca
7 PS Thirsk, Robert Brent Duque, Pedro Francisco
Call sign Columbia


TIMELINE
Date Time (UT) Spaceship's revo-
lution number		 Explanation
Jun 20, 1996 14:49:00 1 Lift-off Shuttle, mission "STS-78"   (crew: Henricks,   Kregel,   Linnehan,   Helms,   Brady,   Favier,   Thirsk ).
Jul 07, 1996 11:36:36 271 Deorbit burn of Shuttle, mission "STS-78"   (crew: Henricks,   Kregel,   Linnehan,   Helms,   Brady,   Favier,   Thirsk ).
Jul 07, 1996 12:37:31 272 Landing of Shuttle, mission "STS-78"   (crew: Henricks,   Kregel,   Linnehan,   Helms,   Brady,   Favier,   Thirsk ).

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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