STS-43
Sign in to saveSTS-43, the ninth mission for Space Shuttle Atlantis, was a nine-day mission whose primary goal was launching the TDRS-E satellite (TDRS-5). The flight also tested an advanced heatpipe radiator for potential use on the then-future space station and conducted a variety of medical and materials science investigations.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- STS-43
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Space Transportation System-43
- Spaceflight.image
- TDRS-E deployment from STS-43.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- Atlantis deploying TDRS-E.
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- TDRS-E satellite deploymentTechnology
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA
- Spaceflight.orbits_completed
- 142
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 5
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC (11:02amEDT)
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kennedy, LC-39A
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- Rockwell International
- Spaceflight.landing_date
- UTC (8:23:25amEDT)
- Spaceflight.landing_site
- Kennedy, SLF Runway 15
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Low Earth orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_period
- 90.60 minutes
- Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
- 28.46°
- Spaceflight.apsis
- gee
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human spaceflight
- Part of
- Space Shuttle program
- Operator
- NASA
- Followed by
- STS-48
- Follows
- STS-40
- Duration
- 768085
- Mass
- 21067
- Orbital period
- 90.6
- Image
- TDRS-E deployment from STS-43.jpg
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- Commons category
- STS-43
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1991-08-02
- type of orbit
- low Earth orbit
- crew members
- James C. Adamson
- vessel
- Atlantis
- location of landing
- Launch and Landing Facility
- orbits completed
- 142
- UTC date of spacecraft landing
- 1991-08-11
- Commons gallery
- STS-43
- orbital inclination
- 28.45
- periapsis
- 301
- apoapsis
- 306
- start point
- Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
- archives at
- Lunar and Planetary Institute
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Crew
- Crew seat assignments
- Preparations and launch
- Mission highlights
- Mission insignia
- Wake-up calls
- See also
- References
- External links
STS-43, the ninth mission for Space Shuttle Atlantis, was a nine-day mission whose primary goal was launching the TDRS-E satellite (TDRS-5). The flight also tested an advanced heatpipe radiator for potential use on the then-future space station and conducted a variety of medical and materials science investigations.
== Crew ==
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