STS-48
Sign in to saveSTS-48 was a Space Shuttle mission that launched on September 12, 1991, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The orbiter was on her 13th flight. The primary payload was the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS). The mission landed on September 18 at 12:38 a.m. EDT at Edwards Air Force Base on runway 22. The mission was completed in 81 revolutions of the Earth and traveled . The 5 astronauts carried out a number of experiments and deployed several satellites. The total launch mass was and the landing mass was .
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- STS-48
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Space Transportation System-48
- Spaceflight.image
- STS-48_UARS_deployment.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) deployment
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- UARS satellite deployment
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA
- Spaceflight.orbits_completed
- 81
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 5
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC (7:11:04pmEDT)
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kennedy, LC-39A
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- Rockwell International
- Spaceflight.landing_date
- UTC (12:38:42amPDT)
- Spaceflight.landing_site
- Edwards, Runway22
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Low Earth orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
- 57.00°
- Spaceflight.orbit_period
- 96.20 minutes
- Spaceflight.apsis
- gee
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 462458
- Mass
- 7865
- Orbital period
- 96.2
- Image
- Sts 48 d13 uars in payload bay2.jpg
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- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1991-09-12
- Commons category
- STS-48
- orbits completed
- 81
- UTC date of spacecraft landing
- 1991-09-18
- Commons gallery
- STS-48
- orbital inclination
- 57.0
- periapsis
- 575
- apoapsis
- 580
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- Crew
- Crew seat assignments
- Mission highlights
- Ice particles
- Wake-up calls
- See also
- References
- External links
STS-48 was a Space Shuttle mission that launched on September 12, 1991, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The orbiter was on her 13th flight. The primary payload was the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS). The mission landed on September 18 at 12:38 a.m. EDT at Edwards Air Force Base on runway 22. The mission was completed in 81 revolutions of the Earth and traveled . The 5 astronauts carried out a number of experiments and deployed several satellites. The total launch mass was and the landing mass was .
== Crew ==