STS-5
Sign in to saveSTS-5 was the fifth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the fifth flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia. It launched on November 11, 1982, and landed five days later on November 16, 1982. STS-5 was the first Space Shuttle mission to deploy communications satellites into orbit, and the first officially "operational" Space Shuttle mission.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- STS-5
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Space Transportation System-5
- Spaceflight.image
- SBS-3 with PAM-D stage.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- The SBS-3 satellite with attached PAM-D motor is deployed from Columbia.
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Communications satellites deployment
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA
- Spaceflight.orbits_completed
- 81
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 4
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC (7:19:00amEST)
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kennedy, LC-39A
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- Rockwell International
- Spaceflight.landing_date
- UTC (6:33:26amPST)
- Spaceflight.landing_site
- Edwards, Runway22
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Low Earth orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
- 28.50°
- Spaceflight.orbit_period
- 90.50 minutes
- Spaceflight.apsis
- gee
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human spaceflight
- Part of
- Space Shuttle program
- Operator
- NASA
- Followed by
- STS-6
- Follows
- STS-4
- Duration
- 440066
- Mass
- 14551
- Orbital period
- 90.5
- Image
- SBS-3 with PAM-D stage.jpg
- Significant event
- landing
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- Commons category
- STS-5
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1982-11-11
- type of orbit
- low Earth orbit
- crew members
- William B. Lenoir
- vessel
- Columbia
- location of landing
- Edwards Air Force Base
- orbits completed
- 82
- UTC date of spacecraft landing
- 1982-11-16
- Commons gallery
- STS-5
- orbital inclination
- 28.5
- periapsis
- 294
- apoapsis
- 317
- start point
- Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
- archives at
- Lunar and Planetary Institute
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Crew
- Support crew
- Crew seat assignments
- Mission summary
- Operational status
- Mission insignia
- Wake-up calls
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
STS-5 was the fifth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the fifth flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia. It launched on November 11, 1982, and landed five days later on November 16, 1982. STS-5 was the first Space Shuttle mission to deploy communications satellites into orbit, and the first officially "operational" Space Shuttle mission.
== Crew ==
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