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| Crew: 7 | CDR - Robert L. Crippen |
| Plt - Jon A. McBride | |
| MS 1 - Kathryn D. Sullivan (EV 2) | |
| MS 2 - Sally K. Ride | |
| MS 3 - David C. Leestma (EV 1) | |
| PS 1 - Paul D. Scully-Power | |
| PS 2 - Marc Garneau | |
| Launch | 5 October 1984 @ 0703:00 EDT |
| Orbital incl: | 57.00 |
| Max alt: | 363.7 km. |
| Orbits: | 132 |
| Dur: | 8:05:23:33 |
| Landing: | 13 October 1984 @ 1226:33 EDT |
| Launch Window: | 2 Hours (7:03 - 9:03 am EDT) |
| TAL Sites: | Zaragoza, Spain |
| AOA site: | White Sands, NM |
| Primary landing site: | SLF/KSC, scheduled 12:25 pm EDT, 13 October |
| Landing Speed: | 208 knots (239 mph) |
| Landing rollout: | 10,633' from main gear touchdown |
| Vehicle weight @ liftoff: | 4,493,317 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ liftoff: | 242,790 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ landing: | 202,266 lbs |
| Cargo mass approx.: | 23,465 lbs |
| Landing Weight: | 18,516 lbs |
| Special mission kits: | RMS-302, EMU's 1049 & 1050, PLSS 1005 BU, PSA (Provision Stowage Assembly - EVA), Galley, teleprinter and MADS |
| ERBS Satellite - (Earth Radiation Budget Sat.) - 1984-108B | Depoloyed mass - 4,949 lbs. Expirements - 1) Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment II (SAGE II), 2) Earth Radiation Budget Exp. Non-scanner (ERBE-NS), 3) ERBE-S Scanner |
| OSTA-3/Pallet | Mass - 4,254 lbs. Includes SIR-B (Shuttle Imaging Radar), FILE (Feature Identification and Location Exp.) & MAPS (see STS-2) |
| In Cargo Bay | ORS & LFC (Orbital Refuelling System & Large Format Camera) and SCA/ARS (Stellar Camera Array/Attitude Reference System) MPESS - 4,583 lbs |
| EVA-1 - 11 October, duration 3 hrs., 27 min. | Delayed from FD-5 to FD-7 for Ku antenna repari |
| Mid-Deck & Cargo Bay | RME-QRSP Q007 (see STS-8) & APE II QRSP Q0003 (see STS-9), IMAX camera, TLD (Hungarian Thermoluminescent Dosimeters), Also EOIM-2 (RMS mounted witness plate, see DSO 0303) |
| CANEX | VISET, ACOMEX, OGLOW, SPEAM |
| GAS Cannisters: | 1) G-0007, 2) G-0013, 3) G-0032, 4) G-0038, 5) G-0074, 6) G-0306, 7) G-0469, 8) G-0518 |
| OEX: | ACIP/HiRAP |
| SSME's: | 2023 (1) - 1st use, 2020 (2) & 2021 (3) - both 2nd use. At liftoff 100% same after throttle-up |
| OMS Pods/Engines: | LP-99/106 - 5th flight, LP-99/111 - Pod; 6th flight, Motor; 1st flight |
| ET: | ET-15 (LWT-08) |
| SRB's: | SRM-12 - Booster set successfully recovered |
| Left - 12A | Right - 12B | |||
| D-5 | 015 | Fwd | 023 | New |
| D-5 | 052 | Cyl | 038 | 3-B |
| 3-A | 047 | Cyl | 042 | 3-B |
| D-5 | L12 | Cyl | L63 | New |
| New | L52 | Cyl | L56 | New |
| New | L53 | Cyl | L57 | New |
| New | L54 | Cyl | L58 | New |
| New | L09 | Att | L10 | New |
| D-5 | L05 | Stf | L17 | New |
| D-5 | L06 | Stf | L18 | New |
| New | 022 | Aft | 023 | New |
| 11 January 1984 | ET-15 arrives on dock KSC |
| 19 April 1984 | OV-099 returns to the OPF following Mission 11/41-C |
| 19 June 1984 | ET/SRB mate |
| 9 August 1984 | Payload installed in cargo bay while in the OPF |
| 8 September 1984 | OV-099 rollover from OPF-2 to VAB High Bay 1 for mating |
| 10 September 1984 | OV-099 mated to stack |
| 13 September 1984 | Stack rollout to Pad 39A |
| 15 September 1984 | TCDT conducted with crew aboard orbiter |
| 17 September 1984 | A single SSME (Position #3 Engine 2012 for 2021) switch on Pad |
| 2 October 1984 | Astronaut arrival KSC |
| 3 October 1984 | "Call to stations" 43 hr. countdown started at 3 am EDT |
| 5 October 1984 | Launch |
| 13 October 1984 | Landing SLF/KSC and OV-099 is returned to the OPF the same day |