STS-5
The SBS 3 satellite with attached PAM-D motor is deployed from Columbia
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| Mission type | Satellite deployment | ||||
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| Operator | NASA | ||||
| COSPAR ID | 1982-110A | ||||
| SATCAT № | 13650 | ||||
| Mission duration | 5 days, 2 hours, 14 minutes, 26 seconds | ||||
| Distance travelled | 3,397,082 kilometers (2,110,849 mi) | ||||
| Orbits completed | 81 | ||||
| Spacecraft properties | |||||
| Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Columbia | ||||
| Launch mass | 112,088 kilograms (247,112 lb) | ||||
| Landing mass | 91,841 kilograms (202,475 lb) | ||||
| Payload mass | 14,551 kilograms (32,079 lb) | ||||
| Crew | |||||
| Crew size | 4 | ||||
| Members |
Vance D. Brand Robert F. Overmyer Joseph P. Allen William B. Lenoir |
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| Start of mission | |||||
| Launch date | 11 November 1982, 12:19:00 UTC | ||||
| Launch site | Kennedy LC-39A | ||||
| End of mission | |||||
| Landing date | 16 November 1982, 14:33:26 UTC | ||||
| Landing site | Edwards Runway 22 | ||||
| Orbital parameters | |||||
| Reference system | Geocentric | ||||
| Regime | Low Earth | ||||
| Perigee | 294 kilometers (183 mi) | ||||
| Apogee | 317 kilometers (197 mi) | ||||
| Inclination | 28.5 degrees | ||||
| Period | 90.5 minutes | ||||
| Epoch | 13 November 1982 | ||||
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L-R Allen, Brand, Overmyer, Lenoir
STS-5 was the fifth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the fifth flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia. It launched on 11 November 1982 and landed five days later on 16 November. STS-5 was the first shuttle mission to deploy communications satellites into orbit, and the first officially "operational" shuttle mission.
Columbia launched on schedule from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) at 7:19 am EST, 11 November 1982. The shuttle carried a crew of four – the largest spacecraft crew up to that time – and the first two commercial communications satellites to be flown aboard a shuttle.
The commercial satellites were deployed successfully and subsequently propelled into their operational geosynchronous orbits by McDonnell Douglas PAM-D kickmotors. The two satellites were SBS 3, owned by Satellite Business Systems, and Anik C3, owned by Telesat Canada; both were Hughes-built HS-376-series satellites. In addition, STS-5 carried a West German-sponsored microgravity GAS experiment canister in the payload bay. The crew also conducted three student-designed experiments during the flight.
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