MBB
Launch vehicle · Germany
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German manufacturer of rockets, spacecraft, and rocket engines. Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm Gmbh, Munich, Germany.
Related
- Country
- Germany
- Engines
- Ariane 5-2 L7 Astris, MBB-ATC500
Chronology
12 events
1983 June 18
11:33 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC39A. Launch Platform: MLP1. LV Family: Shuttle. Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle.- SPAS-01 - .
Payload: Challenger F2 / SPAS 1. Mass: 3,230 kg (7,120 lb). Nation: USA.
Agency: MBB.
Class: Military.
Type: Strategic defense satellite. Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle Attached Payloads.
Spacecraft: SPAS.
Decay Date: 1983-06-22 . USAF Sat Cat: 14142 . COSPAR: 1983-059F. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). Perigee: 295 km (183 mi). Inclination: 28.50 deg. Period: 90.50 min.
Ten experiments mounted on Shuttle Pallet Satellite (SPAS-01) performed research in forming metal alloys in microgravity and use of remote sensing scanner. Orbiter's small control rockets fired while SPAS-01 held by remote manipulator system to test movement on extended arm.