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STS-5

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STS-5
STS-5
Satellite deployment during STS-5
Credit: NASA

First operational STS mission, first commercial communications satellites deployed, first four-person spacecraft crew. EVA cancelled because one astronaut was vomiting so severely due to space sickness.

First mission to deploy commercial communications satellites (SBS 3, Anik C3). Payloads: : Satellite Business Systems (SBS)-C with Payload Assist ; (PAM)-D; Telesat-E (Canadian communications satellite) with PAM-D. Monodisperse Latex Reactor (MLR), Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System (CFES), three getaway specials (GAS), Student experiments, GLOW experiment, Vestibular experiment, Oxygen Interaction With Materials experiment.

NASA Official Mission Narrative

Mission Name: STS-5 (5)
COLUMBIA (5)
Pad 39-A (17)
5th Shuttle mission
5th Flight OV-102

Crew:
Vance D. Brand (2), Commander
Robert F. Overmyer (1), Pilot
Joseph P. Allen (1), Mission Specialist
William B. Lenoir (1), Mission Specialist

Milestones:
OPF - July 16, 1982
VAB - Sept 9, 1982
PAD - Sept 21, 1982

Payload:
ANIK-C3,SBS-C
Mission Objectives:

Launch:
November 11, 1982, 7:19:00am EST. Launch proceeded as scheduled with no delays. Launch Weight: 247,113 lbs.
Orbit:
Altitude: 184nm
Inclination: 28.5 degrees
Orbits: 81
Duration: Five days, two hours, 14 minutes 26 seconds.
Distance: 2,110,849 miles

Hardware:
SRB: BI-005
SRM: 005SW(SPM)
ET : 6/SWT-5
MLP: 1
SSME-1: SN-2007
SSME-2: SN-2006
SSME-3: SN-2005

Landing:
November 16, 1982, 6:33:26 a.m. PST, Runway 22. Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Rollout distance: 9,553 feet. Rollout time 63 seconds. Orbiter returned to KSC Nov. 22, 1982. Landing Weight: 202,480 lbs.

Mission Highlights:
First Shuttle operational mission deployed two commercial com- munications satellites, ANIK C-3 for TELESAT Canada and SitS- C for Satellite Business Systems. Each equipped with Payload Assist Module-D (PAM-D) solid rocket motor, which fired about 45 minutes after deployment, placing each satellite into highly elliptical orbit. One Get Away Special and three Shuttle Student Involvement Program (SSIP) experiments conducted. First scheduled space walk in Shuttle program canceled due to malfunction of space suit.

More at: STS-5.

Related

Country
USA
Spacecraft
Columbia
Projects
STS
Launch Sites
Cape Canaveral

Photo Gallery

  • STS-5
    STS-5
    Credit: www.spacefacts.de
  • STS-5
    STS-5
    Satellite deployment during STS-5
    Credit: NASA
  • STS-5
    STS-5
    Mission Specialist (MS) Lenoir cuts Pilot Overmyer's hair on middeck
    Credit: NASA
  • STS-5
    STS-5
    Pilot Overmyer looks over food selections and experiments with beverage
    Credit: NASA
  • STS-5
    STS-5
    View of OMS burn from the payload bay
    Credit: NASA
  • STS-5
    STS-5
    STS-5 mission charts
    Credit: NASA

Chronology

7 events

1982 November 11

12:19 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC39A. Launch Platform: MLP1. LV Family: Shuttle. Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle.
  • STS-5 - . Call Sign: Columbia. Crew: Allen, Brand, Lenoir, Overmyer. Payload: Columbia F05 / SBS 3 [PAM-D] / Anik C3 [PAM-D]. Mass: 14,551 kg (32,079 lb). Nation: USA. Related Persons: Allen, Brand, Lenoir, Overmyer. Agency: NASA Houston. Program: STS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Flight: STS-5. Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle. Spacecraft: Columbia. Duration: 5.09 days. Decay Date: 1982-11-16 . USAF Sat Cat: 13650 . COSPAR: 1982-110A. Apogee: 317 km (196 mi). Perigee: 294 km (182 mi). Inclination: 28.50 deg. Period: 90.50 min.

    Manned four crew. First mission to deploy commercial communications satellites (SBS 3, Anik C3). Payloads: : Satellite Business Systems (SBS)-C with Payload Assist ; (PAM)-D; Telesat-E (Canadian communications satellite) with PAM-D. Monodisperse Latex Reactor (MLR), Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System (CFES), three getaway specials (GAS), Student experiments, GLOW experiment, Vestibular experiment, Oxygen Interaction With Materials experiment.

1982 November 12

  • STS-5 - Wakeup Song: 76 Trombones - . Flight: STS-5. "76 Trombones" from the"Music Man".

1982 November 13

  • STS-5 - Wakeup Song: Cottoneye Joe - . Flight: STS-5. "Cottoneye Joe".

1982 November 14

  • STS-5 - Wakeup Song: Halls of Montezuma - . Flight: STS-5. "Halls of Montezuma" Marine's Hymn in honor of two Marines onboard: Columbia pilot Bob Overmyer, active duty Marine Corps colonel, and Vance Brand who began his career as a Marine aviator.

1982 November 15

  • STS-5 - Wakeup Song: The Stroll - . Flight: STS-5. "The Stroll".

1982 November 16

  • STS-5 - Wakeup Song: Take Me Home, Country Roads - . Flight: STS-5. "Take Me Home, Country Roads" by John Denver.

1982 November 16