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| Crew: 5 | CDR - Frederick H. Hauck |
| Plt - Richard O. Covey | |
| MS 1 - John M. Lounge (EV 2) | |
| MS 2 - David C. Hilmers | |
| MS 3 - George D. Nelson (EV 1) | |
| Launch | 29 September 1988 @ 1137:00.687 EDT |
| Orbital incl: | 28.47 |
| Max alt: | 331.5 km. |
| Orbits: | 63 |
| Dur: | 4:01:00:11 |
| Landing: | 3 October 1988 @ 0937:11 PDT |
| Launch Window: | 3 hours (9:59 am - 12:59 pm EDT) - Window extended to 1:59 pm EDT |
| TAL Sites: | Moron (alternates Ben Guerir and Banjul) |
| AOA site: | Edwards AFB (alternate WS and KSC) |
| Primary landing site: | Edwards AFB, scheduled 9:33 am PDT 3 October |
| Landing Speed: | 187 knots (215 mph) |
| Landing rollout: | 7,451' from main gear touchdown |
| Vehicle weight @ liftoff: | 4,520,276 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ liftoff: | 254,449 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ landing: | 197,300 lbs |
| Cargo mass approx.: | 44,590 lbs |
| Landing Weight: | 8,983 lbs |
| Special mission kits: | EMU's 1091, 1090, Galley, MADS, PSA, teleprinter, Payload Bay Liner, no RMS |
| TDRS-C/IUS-#7 - 1988-091B | Deployed mass - 37,514 lbs on IUS cradle. TDRS mass - 4,637 lbs |
| Mid-deck | PVTOS-2 (see 51-I), IEF-2 (see 41-B), PPE (see 51D), ARC-2 (see 51-C), MLE-1 (Mesoscale Lightning Experiment), PCG II (Protein Crystal Growth), ADSF (see 512-G), IRCFE (Infrared Communicatin Flight Experiment), ELRAD (Earth-Limb Radiance Exp.), OASIS-1 (Orbiter Exposure Autonomous Supporting Instrumentation) |
| SSIP | SE82-4 & SE82-05 (see 51-L) |
| SSME's: | 2019 (1) - 4th use, 2022 (2) & 2028 (3) - Both 1st use. All Tower Clear 104% |
| OMS Pods/Engines: | LP-04/109 - Pod 4th use, Motor 1st use & RP-03/114 - Pod 8th use, Motor 1st use |
| ET: | ET-28 (LWT-21) |
| SRB's: | BI-029 (RSRM-1) - Set successfully recovered |
| Left - 29A | Right - 29B | |||
| New | ? | Fwd | ? | New |
| New | ? | Cyl | 22-? | New |
| New | ? | Cyl | ? | New |
| New | ? | Cyl | ? | 20-? |
| 21-? | ? | Cyl | ? | New |
| New | ? | Cyl | ? | New |
| New | ? | Cyl | ? | New |
| New | ? | Att | ? | New |
| 22-? | ? | Stf | ? | New |
| 22-? | ? | Stf | ? | New |
| New | ? | Aft | ? | New |
| 8 September 1985 | OV-103 returns to OPF following Mission-20/51-I |
| 4 November 1985 | ET-28 arrives on dock KSC |
| 30 October 1986 | OV-103 rollover from VAB storage to OPF-1 for mods |
| 29 March 1988 | Left Hand SRB stacking begins in VAB |
| 29 May 1988 | Right Hand SRB stacking completed |
| 10 June 1988 | ET/SRB mate |
| 21 June 1988 | OV-103 rollover from OPF-1 to VAB High Bay 1 for stacking |
| 24 June 1988 | OV-103 mate to stack |
| 4 July 1988 | Stack rollout to Pad 39B |
| 15 July 1988 | OMS pod leak found and studied |
| 1 August 1988 | Wet Countdown Test conducted (ET tanking test after several false starts due to H2 leaks) |
| 4 August 1988 | FRF attempted, cutoff at T-6 seconds due to sluggish engine bleed valve, 7:30 am |
| 10 August 1988 | FRF conducted successfully for a duratin of 22 seconds at 7:30 am EDT (at 104% power level) |
| 19 August 1988 | OMS pod leak repaired at the pad, using clamshell devise |
| 29 August 1988 | TDRS-C installed in payload bay at Pad 39B |
| 8 September 1988 | TCDT dress rehearsal with crew aboard orbiter |
| 26 September 1988 | Astronaut arrival KSC, "Call to stations" 43 hr countdown started at 8 am EDT |
| 29 September 1988 | Launch |
| 3 October 1988 | Landing at Edwards AFB |
| 8 October 1988 | Ferry flight from Edwrds to Kelly AFB fo rrefuelling and on to KSC (one day hop) |
| 9 October 1988 | OV-103 delivered to the OPF-1 |