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| Crew: 6 | CDR - Robert D. Cabana |
| Plt - Frederick W. Struckow | |
| MS1 - Jerry L. Ross (PLC/EV-1) | |
| MS2 - Nancy J. Currie (RMS Ops) | |
| MS3 - Jame H. Newman (EV-2) | |
| MS4 - Sergei K. Krikalyov (RKA/RSA) | |
| Launch | 4 December 1998 @ 0835:34 UT |
| Orbital incl: | 51.65 |
| Max alt: | 397.5 km. |
| Orbits: | 184 |
| Dur: | 11:19:17:55 |
| Landing: | 16 December 1998 @ 0353:29 UT |
for 3 September 1998, but was rescheduled on 31 March, to 3 December. 1st attempt:
RSLS abort at T-17 seconds at 0403 EST as time ran out in the available window due
to troubleshooting an hydraulic system master alarm that accurred at T-4 minutes,
30 seconds.
| Launch Window: | 4 minutes, 56 seconds (0831:40 - 0836:36 UT, preferred - 0835:34) |
| TAL Sites: | Zaragoza, Spain (alternates: Ben Guerir, Morocco & Moron, Spain) |
| AOA site: | KSC SLF (alternates: White Sands Space Harbor, NM) |
| Primary landing site: | KSC/SLF (Scheduled: 2151 EST, 15 December) |
| Landing Speed: | 365 kmph (197 knots {227 mph}) |
| Landing rollout: | 3,539 m (11,612') from main gear touchdown, 1,003 m (3,291') from threshold. |
| Vehicle weight @ liftoff: | 2,049,508 kg. (4,518,390 lbs.) approx. |
| Orbiter weight @ liftoff: | 119,715 kg. (263,927 lbs.) including cargo, approx. |
| Orbiter weight @ landing: | 90,853 kg. (200,296 lbs.) approx. |
| Cargo mass approx.: | 14,515 kg. (32,000 lbs.) |
| Landing Weight: | 2,722 kg. (6,000 lbs.) approx. |
| Special mission kits: | 3 EMU's, SORG, MAR, PSA, MUP, TIPS, 9 Laptops, 6 PLDB Cameras, 5 loaded cryo-tanks, OI-26B Sorftware (4th flight), Magnum Spot-Light, TRAD, OSVS Targets, ECS-II, SAAMDS (Stand Alone Acceleration Measurement Devices), and RMS-303 (Upgraded -- Unity heaviest payload lifted). |
| SSAF-2A Node 1 Unity & PMA's (Pressurised Mating Adapters) - 1 & 2 | Total mass - 11,612 kg. (25,600 lbs.) Unity mated to ODS 2345 UT 5 December 1998. COSPAR - 1998-69B/67F | ||
| ODS (Orbiter Docking System) | Utilizing the APAS, Mass - 1,822 kg. (4,016 lbs) - 10th use (1st at ISS). RMS Zarya grapple occured at 2347 UT 6 December. Vehicles docked at 0107 UT 7 December. This is the first docking of the Shuttle and Zarya. 1st ISS Crew Entry at 1954 UT 10 December with the crew entering the 1st Unity hatch. Zarya entry at 2112 UT 10 December. Zarya hatch closing at 2241 UT 11December. Unity hatch closing at 0026 UT 12 December. Station stay time was 1 day, 4 hours, 32 minutes. Vehicle undocking at 2025 UT 13 December, after 6 days, 19 hours, 18 minutes. | ||
| Rendezvous & Docking | FGB Tug Zarya SSAF-1R mass - 20,700 kg. (45,636 lbs.) 12.6 m (41.2 ft.) long & 4.1 m (13.5 ft.) wide. Launched 20 November 1998. COSPAR desig. - 1998-67A |
| EVA-1 - 7 December | Duration - 7 hours, 21 minutes | Mated 40 interconnecting cables between Unity and Zarya. | Ross (5th EVA) and Newman (2nd EVA) |
| EVA-2 - 9 December | Duration - 7 hours, 2 minutes | Installing S-band Antennas. Removing covers and restraints. | Ross (6th EVA) and Newman (3rd EVA) |
| EVA-3 - 12 December | Duration - 6 hours, 59 minutes | Placing tool kits and handrails, also tested the SAFER. | Ross (7th EVA) and Newman (4th EVA) |
| Mini-Satellites | SAC-A (Satelite de Aplicaciones/Cientifico-A) a 60 kg. (132 lbs.) Argentinian satellite ejected from a GAS Canister with an MDA (Motorized Door Assembly) - overall mass - 268 kg. (590 lbs.) - COSPAR desig. - 1998-69C. SEM-7 (see STS-80), 6th flight, G-0093 (See GAS list), MightySat-1 - a 70 kg (154 lbs.) satellite ejected from an open Hitchhiker Canister - overall mass - 320 kg. (705 lbs.) - COSPAR desig. - 1998-69D and IMAX ICBC (see STS-41C) - mass - 301 kg. (664 lbs.) - on its 15th shuttle flight. Also - SIMPLEX (Shuttle Ionosphic Modification with Pulsed Local Exhaust) - see STS-84) |
| SSME's: | 2041* (1) - 5th use, 2044* (2) - 2nd use, 2050* (3) - 1st use. * - Block 2A |
| OMS Pods/Engines: | LP-04/109 - Pod 21st use/Motor 18th use, RP-01/101 - Pod 28th use, Motor 16th use. |
| ET: | ET-97 (SLWT-2) |
| SRB's: | BI-095 (RSRM-67) |
| 23 June 1997 | Node-1 payload arrived at the SLF at 0015 EDT |
| 31 January 1998 | OV-105 landed at KSC following STS-89, and was returned to OPF-1 that same day. |
| 7 April 1998 | ET-97 arrives on dock at KSC |
| 23 September 1998 | ET-97/SRB mate in VAB High Bay-3 |
| 15 October 1998 | OV-105 rollover from OPF-1 to th eVAB High Bay for stacking overnight. |
| 21 October 1998 | Stack rollout to Pad 39A, 1st motion at 0218 EST, hard down at 0730 EST. |
| 26 October 1998 | ISS-2 payload installed into the orbiter while on the Pad |
| 6 November 1998 | TCDT countdown dress rehearsal counducted with crew aboard. |
| 20 November 1998 | FGB Tug Zarya launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazahkstan at 0640:27 UT. |
| 29 November 1998 | Astronaut arrive at KSC. |
| 30 November 1998 | "Call to stations" - 43 hour countdown started at 0700 EST. |
| 4 December 1998 | Launch |
| 15 December 1998 | Landing at KSC, returning to OPF-2 that same day at 0530 EST. |