STS-52
Sign in to saveSTS-52 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission using Space Shuttle Columbia, launched on October 22, 1992.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- STS-52
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Space Transportation System-52
- Spaceflight.image
- Sts052-80-030 lrg.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- Columbias payload bay, with the LAGEOS 2 satellite being deployed.
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- LAGEOS 2 satellite deploymentMicrogravity research
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA
- Spaceflight.orbits_completed
- 159
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 6
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC (1:09:39pmEDT)
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kennedy, LC-39B
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- Rockwell International
- Spaceflight.landing_date
- UTC (9:05:53amEST)
- Spaceflight.landing_site
- Kennedy, SLF Runway 33
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Low Earth orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
- 28.45°
- Spaceflight.orbit_period
- 90.60 minutes
- Spaceflight.apsis
- gee
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human spaceflight
- Part of
- Space Shuttle program
- Operator
- NASA
- Followed by
- STS-53
- Follows
- STS-47
- Duration
- 852973
- Mass
- 8078
- Orbital period
- 90.6
- Image
- Sts052-80-030 lrg.jpg
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- type of orbit
- low Earth orbit
- Commons category
- STS-52
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1992-10-22
- crew members
- Steve MacLean
- vessel
- Columbia
- location of landing
- Launch and Landing Facility
- orbits completed
- 159
- UTC date of spacecraft landing
- 1992-11-01
- Commons gallery
- STS-52
- orbital inclination
- 28.45
- periapsis
- 304
- apoapsis
- 307
- start point
- Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B
- archives at
- Lunar and Planetary Institute
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Crew
- Crew seat assignments
- Mission highlights
- Wake-up calls
- See also
- References
- External links
STS-52 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission using Space Shuttle Columbia, launched on October 22, 1992.
== Crew ==
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