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| Crew: 5 | CDR - Frederick D. Gregory |
| Plt - John E. Blaha | |
| MS 1 - Manley L. Carter (EV 1) | |
| MS 2 - F. Story Musgrave | |
| MS 3 - Kathryn C. Thornton (EV 2) | |
| Launch | 22 November 1989 @ 1923:29.986 EST |
| Orbital incl: | 28.47 |
| Max alt: | 560.1 km. |
| Orbits: | 78 |
| Dur: | 5:00:06:48 |
| Landing: | 27 November 1989 @ 1630:16 PST |
| Launch Window: | DOD announced period: 6:30 - 10:30 pm EST (actual 1 hour, 10 minutes: 7:22 - 8:32 pm) |
| TAL Sites: | Ben Guerir |
| AOA site: | Edwards AFB |
| Primary landing site: | Edwards AFB, scheduled 7:02 pm EST 26 November |
| Landing Speed: | 199 knots (229 mph) |
| Landing rollout: | 7,764' from main gear touchdown |
| Vehicle weight @ liftoff: | 4,529,160 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ liftoff: | 194,282 lbs (without cargo) |
| Orbiter weight @ landing: | N/A |
| Cargo mass approx.: | 45,737 lbs |
| Landing Weight: | 7,249 lbs |
| Special mission kits: | EMU's 2006 & 2005, Galley, teleprinter, no RMS |
| DOD-03, Magnum Signal Intelligence Satellite/IUS - 1989-090B | Deployed mass - 38,488 lbs (Magnum mass - 5,985 lbs). Reported deployed at 6:15 am EST on Rev. 7 |
| Cargo Bay | AMOS (see STS-29R), APE-B (see STS-9), CLOUDS-1A (see STS-14/41D), RME-III (see STS-8), and VFT-1 (see STS-44) |
| SSME's: | 2011 (1) - 4th use, 2031 (2) - 2nd use, 2107 (3) - 6th use. At Tower Clear 104% |
| OMS Pods/Engines: | LP-04/109 - Pod 6th use, Motor 3rd use & RP-01/111 - Pod 2nd use, Motor 6th use |
| ET: | ET-38 (LWT-31) |
| SRB's: | BI-034 (RSRM-7) - Set successfully recovered |
| Left - 34A | Right - 34B | |||
| PVM1 | 034 | Fwd | 039 | 26 |
| 22 | 022 | Cyl | 017 | Q-7 |
| New | 017n | Cyl | 005n | Q-7 |
| 24 | L74 | Cyl | L84 | 19 |
| New | L45n | Cyl | L43n | New |
| 19 | L80 | Cyl | L96 | 22 |
| New | L40n | Cyl | L42n | New |
| 26 | L30 | Att | L31 | 26 |
| New | L56 | Stf | L29 | TEM1 |
| 26 | L47 | Stf | L30 | TEM1 |
| 26 | 046 | Aft | 008 | D-7 |
| 6 March 1989 | ET-38 arrives on dock KSC |
| 24 March 1989 | OV-103 returns to the OPF following Mission-28/STS-29R |
| 10 July 1989 | OV-103 rollover from OMRF (temporary storage) to OPF-1 to begin processing for STS-33 |
| 23 September 1989 | ET/SRB mate |
| 6 October 1989 | OV-103 rollover from OPF-1 to VAB High Bay 3 for stacking same day (using Vandenberg transporter) |
| 26 October 1989 | Stack rollout to Pad 39B |
| 30 October 1989 | TCDT dress rehearsal conducted with crew aboard orbiter |
| 19 November 1989 | Astronaut arrival KSC, "Call to stations" 43 hr countdown started at 4 pm EST |
| 22 November 1989 | Launch |
| 27 November 1989 | Landing at Edwards AFB |
| 3 December 1989 | First leg of ferry flight from Edwards AFB to Sheppard AFB to Eglin AFB for an overnight stay |
| 4 December 1989 | Final leg of ferry flight from Eglin AFB to KSC and delivery to OPF-2 |