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
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 440066
- Mass
- 14551
- Orbital period
- 90.5
- Image
- SBS-3 with PAM-D stage.jpg
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- STS-5
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1982-11-11
- orbits completed
- 82
- UTC date of spacecraft landing
- 1982-11-16
- Commons gallery
- STS-5
- orbital inclination
- 28.5
- periapsis
- 294
- apoapsis
- 317
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- Mission summary
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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.
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