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| Crew: 7 | CDR - Daniel C. Brandenstein |
| Plt - John O. Creighton | |
| MS 1 - John M. Fabian (EV 1) | |
| MS 2 - Steven R. Nagel (EV 2) | |
| MS 3 - Shannon W. Lucid | |
| PS 1 - Pr. Sultan Sulman Abdel Aziz Al Saud | |
| PS 2 - Patrick Baudry | |
| Launch | 17 June 1985 @ 0733:00.43 EDT |
| Orbital incl: | 28.47 |
| Max alt: | 389.5 km. |
| Orbits: | 111 |
| Dur: | 7:01:38:52 |
| Landing: | 24 June 1985 @ 0611:53 PDT |
| Launch Window: | 10 minutes (7:33 - 7:43 am EDT, on time launch) |
| TAL Sites: | Dakar, Senegal |
| AOA site: | White Sands, NM |
| Primary landing site: | Edwards AFB, scheduled at 6:14 am PDT, 24 June |
| Landing Speed: | 198 knots (227 mph) |
| Landing rollout: | 7,433' from main gear touchdown |
| Vehicle weight @ liftoff: | 4,516,613 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ liftoff: | 256,421 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ landing: | 204,169 lbs |
| Cargo mass approx.: | 44,477 lbs |
| Landing Weight: | 21,465 lbs |
| Special mission kits: | RMS-301, EMU's 1063 & 1062, Galley, teleprinter |
| HS-376 Morelos-A/PAM-D - 1985-048B | Deployed mass - 7,591 lbs, ASE (Morelos-A mass - 1,422 lbs) |
| Arabsat-1B/PAM-D - 1985-048C | Deployed mass - 7,695 lbs, ASE ( Arabsat-1B mass - 1,400 lbs) |
| HS-376 Telstar-3D/303/PAM-D - 1985-048D | Deployed mass - 7,546 lbs, ASE ( Telstar-303 mass - 1,430 lbs |
| Spartan-101 (retreivable satellite) - 1985-048E | Deployed mass - 2,217 lbs. Deployed/retreived by RMS, carrier: Spartan Flight Support Structure (SFSS). Spartan carried two proportional X-ray counters for astrophysical observations. |
| Mid-deck | ADSF (Automated Directional Solidification Furnace), HPTE (High Precision Tracking Experiment - SDIO/USAF - QRSP Q-009, target for laser beamed from AMOS facility in HI), FEE (French Echocardiograph Experiment) |
| GAS | 1) G-0025, 2) G-0027, 3) G-0028, 4) G-0034, 5) G-0314, 6) G-0471 |
| SSME's: | 2109 (1) - 7th use, 2018 (2) - 6th use, 2012 (3) - 9th use. All liftoff 104% same after throttle-up |
| OMS Pods/Engines: | LP-04/110 - 1st use, RP-03/108 - 5th use |
| ET: | ET-20 (LWT-13) |
| SRB's: | SRM-18/BI-019 - Booster set successfully recovered, one chute on LH SRB partially inflated |
| Left - 18A | Right - 18B | |||
| 10-B | 006 | Fwd | 019 | 8-A |
| 10-A | 023 | Cyl | 060 | 7-B |
| 10-A | 031 | Cyl | 067 | 8-A |
| 8-B | L34 | Cyl | L87 | New |
| 8-B | L35 | Cyl | L89 | New |
| 8-A | L32 | Cyl | L79 | New |
| 8-A | L33 | Cyl | L81 | New |
| 9-A | 014 | Att | 005 | 5-B |
| 5-B | 023 | Stf | 007 | 5-A |
| 5-B | 028 | Stf | 008 | 5-A |
| 8-A | 019 | Aft | 020 | 8-B |
| 5 December 1984 | ET-20 arrives on dock KSC |
| 19 April 1985 | OV-103 returns to OPF-2 following Mission-16/51-D |
| 2 May 1985 | ET/SRB mate |
| 28 May 1985 | OV-103 rollover from OPF-2 to VAB High Bay 1 for stacking same day |
| 4 June 1985 | Stack rollout to Pad 39A |
| 5 June 1985 | 51-G payload insertion at Pad 39A |
| 6 June 1985 | TCDT dress rehearsal conducted with crew aboard orbiter |
| 14 June 1985 | Astronaut arrival KSC |
| 15 June 1985 | "Call to stations" 43 hr countdown started at 2 am EDT |
| 17 June 1985 | Launch |
| 24 June 1985 | Landing at Edwards AFB |
| 28 June 1985 | Ferry flight from Edwards to KSC, with a fuel stop at Bergstrom AFB (one day hop) |
| 29 June 1985 | OV-103 arrives in OPF |