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Mission 7 |
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| Crew: 5 | CDR - Robert L. Crippen |
| Plt - Frederick H. Hauck | |
| MS 1 - John M. Fabian | |
| MS 2 - Sally K. Ride | |
| MS 3 - Norman E. Thagard | |
| Launch | 18 June 1983 @ 0733:00.03 EDT |
| Orbital incl: | 28.47 |
| Max alt: | 318.7 km. |
| Orbits: | 97 |
| Dur: | 6:02:23:59 |
| Landing: | 24 June 1983 @ 0656:59 PDST |
| Launch Window: | 6 minutes (7:33 - 7:39 am EDT) |
| TAL Sites: | Dakar, Senegal |
| AOA site: | KSC |
| Primary landing site: | KSC/SLF, scheduled for 6:53 am EDT - 24 June |
| Landing Speed: | 202 knots (232 mph) |
| Landing rollout: | 10,450' from main gear touchdown |
| Vehicle weight @ liftoff: | 4,482,241 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ liftoff: | 249,178 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ landing: | 204,043 lbs |
| Cargo mass approx.: | 37,127 lbs |
| Landing weight: | 22,175 lbs |
| Special mission kits: | RMS-201, CBSA, EMU's 1028 & 1027, food warmers, teleprinter, TAGS (Text and Graphics System), Ku-Band antenna, standard HUD and Mini-MADS (see STS-6) |
| HS-376 Telesat-F (Anik-C2/PAM-D) - 1983-059B | Deployed mass - 7,374 lbs, ASE, (Anik-C2 - 1,390 lbs), PAM-D - 1983-059D |
| HS-376 Palapa-B1/PAM-D - 1983-059C | deployed mass - 7,575 lbs, ASE. (Palapa-B1 - 1,382 lbs) PAM-D - 1983-059E |
| SPAS-01/Shuttle Pallet Sat (deployable platform, mass - 5,022 lbs) - 1983-059F | Expirements - 1) YESP (Experimental Earth Yaw Sensor Package), 2) BNMS (Bonn Neutral Mass Spectrometer), 3) SCCE (Solar Cell Calibration Exp.), 4) HP (Heat Pipes Exp), 5) MOMS (Modular Optoelectric Multispectral Scanner), 6) FPL (Friction Pressure Loss Experiment for Grannulate Air Under Microgravity), 7) MAUS-1 DG-206 (Manganese-Bismuth I processing), 8) MAUS-2 DG-306 (Critical Marangone Motion no. 1) Also carrying a color TV camera, 70 mm and 16 mm cameras and MARS 1400 (LT)-3B/ADEU-910 Digital Recording System |
| OSTA-2/MPESS, mass - 3,192 lbs | Expirements - 1) MAUS-A DG-205 I (Metallic Dispersion Exp. I), 2) MAUS-B DG-205 II (MDE II), 3) MAUS-C DG-315 (Solidification Front Exp), 4) MEA-A1/Materials Exp Assemby (3 Experiments - #1 - Containerless Processing of Glassforming Melts, #2 - (Liquid Phase Miscibility Ga Materials, #3 - Vapour Growth of Alloy-type Semi-conductor Crystals) |
| CFES | (see STS-4), MLR (see STS-3), Hungarian TLD Radiation dosimeters |
| OEX: | ACIP/HiRAP (See STS-6) |
| GAS: | G-0002, G-0009, G-0012, G-0033, G-0088, G-0305, G-0345 |
| SSME's: | 2017 (1), 2015 (2), 2012 (3) - all second use. At liftoff 104% and same after throttle-up |
| OMS Pods/Engines: | LP-99/106 & RP-99/105 - all second use |
| ET: | ET-06 (HWT-06) - last of the heavy weight tanks |
| SRB's: | SRM-07 - Booster set successfully recovered |
| Left - 7A | Right - 7B | |||
| New | 016 | Fwd | 017 | New |
| 1-B | 041 | Cyl | 1-A | 060 |
| 1-A | 058 | Cyl | 062 | 1-A |
| New | L17 | Cyl | L21 | New |
| New | L18 | Cyl | L22 | New |
| New | L19 | Cyl | L23 | New |
| New | L20 | Cyl | L25 | New |
| New | L04 | Att | L05 | New |
| New | L07 | Stf | L09 | New |
| New | L08 | Stf | L10 | New |
| New | 016 | Aft | L17 | New |
| 2 August 1982 | ET-06 arrives on dock KSC |
| 2 March 1983 | ET/SRB mate |
| 17 April 1983 | OV-099 delivered to OPF-1 following ferry flight post STS-6 |
| 21 May 1983 | OV-099 rollover from OPF-1 to VAB High Bay 3 for stacking |
| 24 May 1983 | OV-099 mated to SRB/ET stack |
| 26 May 1983 | Rollout to Pad 39A |
| 28 May 1983 | Payload installed in cargo bay at Pad 39A |
| 3 June 1983 | TCDT dress rehearsal conducted with crew aboard orbiter |
| 16 June 1983 | Astronaut arrival KSC, "Call to stations" 40 hr countdown started at 3 am EDT |
| 18 June 1983 | Launch |
| 24 June 1983 | Landing at Edwards, AFB |
| 28 June 1983 | Ferry flight to Kelly AFB for overnight refuelling stop |
| 29 June 1983 | Final hop of ferry flight from Kelly AFB to KSC |
| 30 June 1983 | OV-099 arrives back in the OPF |