STS-53
Sign in to saveSTS-53 was a NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission in support of the United States Department of Defense (DoD). It was Discovery's 15th flight. The mission was launched on December 2, 1992, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. This was also the last mission to have been operated via MCR-2 in JSC. Afterwards the room was restored entirely to its Apollo era appearance.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
- 57.00°
- Spaceflight.name
- STS-53
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Space Transportation System-53
- Spaceflight.image
- STS-053 shuttle.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- Launch of Discovery for a Department of Defense (DoD) mission
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- DoD satellite deployment
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA
- Spaceflight.orbits_completed
- 116
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 5
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC (8:24amEST)
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kennedy, LC-39A
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- Rockwell International
- Spaceflight.landing_date
- UTC (12:43:47pmPST)
- Spaceflight.landing_site
- Edwards, Runway22
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Low Earth orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_period
- 92.00 minutes
- Spaceflight.apsis
- gee
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 631187
- Mass
- 11860
- Orbital period
- 92.0
- Image
- STS-053 shuttle.jpg
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- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1992-12-02
- Commons category
- STS-53
- orbits completed
- 116
- UTC date of spacecraft landing
- 1992-12-09
- orbital inclination
- 57.0
- periapsis
- 365
- apoapsis
- 376
- Commons gallery
- STS-53
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- Crew
- Crew seat assignments
- Mission highlights
- Mission insignia
- See also
- References
- External links
STS-53 was a NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission in support of the United States Department of Defense (DoD). It was Discovery's 15th flight. The mission was launched on December 2, 1992, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. This was also the last mission to have been operated via MCR-2 in JSC. Afterwards the room was restored entirely to its Apollo era appearance.
== Crew ==