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| Crew: 5 | CDR - Brewster H. Shaw |
| Plt - Richard N. Richards | |
| MS 1 - James C. Adamson (EV 1) | |
| MS 2 - David C. Leestma | |
| MS 3 - Mark N. Brown (EV 2) | |
| Launch | 8 August 1989 @ 0837:00.012 EDT |
| Orbital incl: | 57.00 |
| Max alt: | 307.4 km. |
| Orbits: | 80 |
| Dur: | 5:01:00:08 |
| Landing: | 13 August 1989 @ 0637:08 PDT |
| Launch Window: | DOD announced launch period - 7:30 - 11:30 am (Actual window 7:57 - 10:57 am) |
| TAL Sites: | Zaragoza, Spain |
| AOA site: | White Sands Space Harbor, NM |
| Primary landing site: | Edwards AFB |
| Landing Speed: | 158 knots (182 mph) - slowest landing of program. |
| Landing rollout: | 6,018' from main gear touchdown |
| Vehicle weight @ liftoff: | 4,510,019 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ liftoff: | 200,214 lbs (without cargo) |
| Orbiter weight @ landing: | N/A |
| Cargo mass approx.: | N/A |
| Landing Weight: | N/A |
| Special mission kits: | EMU's 1099 & 1098, Galley, TAGS, Teleprinter, no RMS |
| DOD-02, Advanced KH-11 - 1989-061B/USA-40 | Deployed mass - 20,617 lbs using SPDS deployment system and was reported deployed at 3:06 am EDT on Rev. 5 |
| Ferret Subsat - 1989-061C/USA-41 | Deployed mass - 275 lbs |
| Mid-deck | APM (Ascent Particle Monitor), L3 (Latitude and Longitude Location exp), AMOS (see STS-29R), SAM (Shuttle Activation Monitor), Stellar Reference System, HIEN-LO (Heavy Ion Environment at Low Altitude), CLOUDS (see STS-14), CRUX (see STS-27R), VFT-2, IOCM (Interim Operational Contamination Monitor), M88-1 Military Man in Space Observations, also RME-III (see STS-19/51A) - using EDS - Energy Deposition Spectrometer and the 'Phantom Head' medical DSO 0469 (Inflight Radiation Dose Distribution) |
| SSME's: | 2019 (1) - 5th use, 2022 (2) & 2028 (3) - Both 3rd use. At Tower Clear 104% |
| OMS Pods/Engines: | LP-03/105 - Pod 8th use, Motor 6th use & RP-04/108 - Pod 4th use, Motor 8th use |
| ET: | ET-31 (LWT-24) with AADS package |
| SRB's: | BI-028 (RSRM-5) - Set successfully recovered |
| Left - 28A | Right - 28B | |||
| ETM1 | 038 | Fwd | 025 | Q-6 |
| D-9 | 091 | Cyl | 047 | D-8 |
| D-9 | 002n | Cyl | 015n | New |
| D-9 | L42 | Cyl | L58 | 23 |
| L15n | Q-6 | Cyl | L31n | New |
| D-9 | L45 | Cyl | L15 | D-8 |
| New | L37n | Cyl | L06n | D-8 |
| Q-6 | L10 | Att | L13 | Q-7 |
| 18 | 007 | Stf | 013 | 19 |
| 18 | 008 | Stf | 026 | 11 |
| D-8 | 043 | Aft | 033 | Q-6 |
| 25 November 1985 | ET-31 arrives on dock KSC |
| 23 January 1986 | OV-102 returns to OPF-1 following Mission-24/61-C |
| 24 June 1986 | OV-102 transferred from OPF-1 to OPF-2 |
| 13 March 1987 | OV-102 transferred from OPF-2 to VAB High Bay 2 for storage |
| 9 September 1987 | OV-102 transferred from OPF-2 to OMRF for storage |
| 8 July 1988 | OV-102 transferred from OMRF (storage) to OPF-1 for modifications |
| 7 October 1988 | OV-102 transferred back from OPF-1 to OMRF temporarily |
| 9 November 1988 | OV-102 transferred back from OMRF to OPF Bay 2 |
| 10 December 1988 | OV-102 transferred back to OMRF from OPF-2 |
| 23 January 1989 | OV-102 transferred from OMRF back to OPF-1 to begin STS-28 processing |
| 23 May 1989 | ET/SRB mate |
| 15 July 1989 | Stack rollout to Pad 39B |
| 18 July 1989 | TCDT dress rehearsal conducted with crew aboard orbiter |
| 5 August 1989 | Astronaut arrival KSC, "Call to stations" 43 hr countdown started at 12:01 am EDT |
| 8 August 1989 | Launch |
| 13 August 1989 | Landing at Edwards AFB |
| 20 August 1989 | First leg of ferry flight from Edwards AFB to Warner Robins Air Logistics Center with an overnight stay |
| 21 August 1989 | Final leg of ferry flight to KSC and delivery to the OPF the following day |