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| Crew: 5 | CDR - John O. Creighton |
| Plt - Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr. | |
| MS 1 - Charles D. Gemar (EV 2) | |
| MS 2 - James F. Buchli (EV 1) | |
| MS 3 - Mark N. Brown | |
| Launch | 12 September 1991 @ 1911:04.005 EDT |
| Orbital incl: | 56.99 |
| Max alt: | 576.1 km. |
| Orbits: | 80 |
| Dur: | 5:08:27:34 |
| Landing: | 18 September 1991 @ 0038:38 PDT |
| Launch Window: | 2 hours, 57 minutes (6:57 - 9:54 pm EDT) - 2 hr., 30 min. crew on back constraint |
| TAL Sites: | Zaragosa, Spain (Atlernates: Moron & Ben Guerir) |
| AOA site: | Edwards AFB |
| Primary landing site: | KSC/SLF - scheduled at 2:09 am EDT 18 September |
| Landing Speed: | 216 knots (249) |
| Landing rollout: | 8,790' from main gear touchdown |
| Vehicle weight @ liftoff: | 4,507,348 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ liftoff: | 239,735 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ landing: | 192,507 lbs |
| Cargo mass approx.: | 17,317 lbs |
| Landing Weight: | 2,898 lbs |
| Special mission kits: | 3 EMU's, Galley, TAGS, teleprinter, and RMS-301 |
| UARS (Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite) - 1991-063B | Deployed mass - 14,419 lbs. on special UASE support structure, mass - 1,662 lbs (2,164 lbs with equipment.) |
| UARS expirements - | 1) CLAES (Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer), 2) ISAMS (Improved Stratospheric and Mesopheric Sounder), 3) MLS (Microwave Limb Sounder), 4) HALOE (Halogen Occultation Experiment), 5) HRDI (High Resolution Doppler Imager), 6) WINDII (Wind Imaging Interferometer), 7) SUSIM (Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor), 8) SOLSTICE (Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment), 9) PEM (Particle Environment Monitor), 10) ACRIM-II (Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor) |
| APM-03 - Ascent Particle Monitor-03 | See STS-28R |
| Mid-deck | RME-III-06 (see STS-51A), PCG-07 (see STS-51D), IPMP-4 (see STS-31R), MODE-1 (see STS-40), SAM-03 (see STS-28R), AMOS-12 (see STS-29R), PARE-1 (Physiological and Anatomical Rodent Experiment), CREAM-1 (Cosmic Radiation Effects & Activation Monitor) & an Electronic Still Photography Camera (DTO-648) |
| SSME's: | 2019 (1) - 9th use, 2031 (2) - 6th use, 2107 (3) - 10th use. At Tower Clear 100% |
| OMS Pods/Engines: | LP-04/109 - Pod 10th use, Motor 7th use & RP-03/114 - Pod 14th use, Motor 7th use |
| ET: | ET-42 (LWT-35) |
| SRB's: | BI-046 (RSRM-18) - Set successfully recovered |
| Left - ?A | Right - ?B | |||
| 32 | ? | Fwd | ? | 33 |
| 32 | ? | Cyl | ? | TEM3 |
| 32 | ? | Cyl | ? | New |
| 32 | ? | Cyl | ? | 33 |
| New | ? | Cyl | ? | New |
| 32 | ? | Cyl | ? | TEM1 |
| 32 | ? | Cyl | ? | New |
| 33 | ? | Att | ? | 33 |
| New | ? | Stf | ? | 33 |
| New | ? | Stf | ? | 33 |
| 33 | ? | Aft | ? | 33 |
| 26 February 1991 | ET-42 arrives on dock KSC |
| 6 May 1991 | OV-103 returns to OPF-1 following Mission-40/STS-39 |
| 25 July 1991 | ET-42 SRB mate & OV-103 transferred from the OPF-1 to the VAB High Bay 2 |
| 1 August 1991 | OV-103 rollover from the VAB High Bay 2 to the VAB transfer aisle for stacking the next day |
| 12 August 1991 | Stack rollout to Pad 39A |
| 14 August 1991 | UARS inserted into the orbiter payload bay while on the pad |
| 20 August 1991 | TCDT countdown dress rehearsal conducted with crew aboard |
| 9 September 1991 | "Call to stations" 43 hr countdown started at 5 pm EDT & astronaut arrival at KSC |
| 12 September 1991 | Launch |
| 18 September 1991 | Landing at Edwards AFB |
| 24 September 1991 | OV-103 departs EAFB on SCA-911 for Biggs AAB as a refuelling stop, on to Tinker AFB for a night stay |
| 25 September 1991 | Departed Tinker AFB for Columbus AFB for an overnight stay, then on the KSC then next day |
| 27 September 1991 | OV-103 returned to OPF-3 |