Mission 62
STS-59
1994-020A
Crew: 6 CDR - Sidney M. Gutierrez
Plt - Kevin P. Chilton
MS 1 - Jerome Apt
MS 2 - Michael R. U. Clifford
MS 3 - Linda M. Godwin (PLC & EV 1)
MS 4 - Thomas D. Jones (EV 2)
Launch 9 April 1994 @ 0705:00 EDT
Orbital incl: 57.00
Max alt: 226.9 km.
Orbits: 182
Dur: 11:05:49:30
Landing: 20 April 1994 @ 0954:30 PDT
Launch Info: Orbiter - Endeavour 105-6 Pad 39A KSC (MLP-2) - One day delay
due to requirement to inspect ME HPOTP. Similar pumps were found to have anomalies
at Rockwell. First attempt on 8 April scrubbed at 10:45 am (at T-9 minutes) following the
expiration on an extended launch window. The cause of the scrub was a low cloud ceiling
over the launch site and high winds at the SLF. An earlier T-0 used on 2nd launch attempt
to increase probability of liftoff with favorable weather conditions. Landed on runway 22,
Edwards AFB. Mission extended by 1 day following payload technical difficulties on flight
day 1. On 19 April, the mission was extended one extra day due to low cloud ceiling over
the SLF at KSC, two attempts waved off. On 20 April, the first attempt was waved off
from KSC due to weather concerns, landing diverted to Edwards AFB.

MISSION PARTICULARS
Launch Window: 6 hours, 2 minutes (7:05 am - 1:07 pm EDT) - Limited to 2 hr., 30 min. 'crew on back' constraint
TAL Sites: Zaragoza (Alternates: Ben Guerir, Morocco and Moron, Spain)
AOA site: White Sands Space Harbor
Primary landing site: KSC/SLF (Scheduled: 12:22 pm EDT, 18 April)
Landing Speed: 215 knots (246 mph)
Landing rollout: 10,636' from main gear touchdown
Vehicle weight @ liftoff: 4,510,987 lbs
Orbiter weight @ liftoff: 246,575 lbs
Orbiter weight @ landing: 221,173 lbs
PAYLOADS
Cargo mass approx.: 27,536 lbs
Landing Weight: Same
Special mission kits: EMU's, SORG Galley, PSA, TEAC 8mm VTR, TIPS, MUP, 5 laptops, MAR, 1 AFD Stowage container, Sleep Stations, Mk. 1 Rowing machines, Cycle Ergometer, 5th N2 tank, 2 Linhoff LFC's, SRL-1 Data recorders (3 in-cabin Payload High Rate Recorders - PHRR), and RMS-303
PRIMARY PAYLOADS
SRL-1 - Space Radar Laboratory. Mass - 21,373 lbs SIR-C/X SAR (Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar): 3 Separate Radars - SIR-C (L-Band & C-Band) & X-SAR. Mounted on a spacelab pallet (mass - 2,417 lbs) Also MAPS on an MPESS. SRL-1 also incorporates the Applied Physics Laboratory (APL): data processor to generate ocean waves data from SIR-C, recoreded on board using 183 PHRR datat tapes.
GAS canisters - 3 GAS cans and 1 GAS Ballast payload (GBP-1) G-0203, G-0300, & G0458
SECONDARY PAYLOADS
Payload Bay CONCAP-IV-2 (see STS-57)
Mid-deck STL-A & B (see STS-45), SAREX-2-11 Config. C (see STs-37) - Call signs: Godwin - N5RAX & Apt - N5QWL, VFT-4-1 (see STS-44) and Toughened Unipiece Fibrous Insulation (TUFI) - SSME TPS
SHUTTLE STACK COMPONENTS
SSME's: 2028 (1) - 8th use, 2033 (2) - 5th use, 2018 (3) - 12th use. At Tower Clear 104%
OMS Pods/Engines: LP-04/109 - Pod 13th use, Motor 10th use & RP-01-101 - Pod 19th use, Motor 7th use
ET: ET-63 (LWT-56)
SRB's: BI-065 (RSRM-37) - Set successfully recovered.
SHUTTLE STACK COMPONENTS
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Space Radar Lab (SRL-1)
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