STS-38
Sign in to saveSTS-38 was a Space Shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Atlantis. It was the 37th shuttle mission and carried a classified payload for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). It was the seventh flight for Atlantis and the seventh flight dedicated to the Department of Defense. The mission was a 4-day mission that traveled and completed 79 revolutions. Atlantis landed at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility's runway 33. The launch was originally scheduled for July 1990 but was rescheduled due to a hydrogen leak found on during the STS-35 countdown. During a rollback to the Or
Key facts
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- STS-38 mission patch
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- STS-38
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- Space Transportation System-38
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- STS038-84-23 Atlantis.jpg
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- Atlantis in orbit; in-flight photography of this Department of Defense support mission is limited
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- DoD satellite deployment
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- NASA
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- 79
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- (Classified)
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- 5
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- UTC (6:48:15pmEST)
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- Kennedy, LC-39A
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- Rockwell International
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- UTC (4:42:46pmEST)
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- Kennedy, SLF Runway 33
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- Geocentric orbit
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- Low Earth orbit
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- 28.45°
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- Crew
- Crew seat assignments
- Preparations and launch
- Classified payload
- Landing
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
STS-38 was a Space Shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Atlantis. It was the 37th shuttle mission and carried a classified payload for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). It was the seventh flight for Atlantis and the seventh flight dedicated to the Department of Defense. The mission was a 4-day mission that traveled and completed 79 revolutions. Atlantis landed at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility's runway 33. The launch was originally scheduled for July 1990 but was rescheduled due to a hydrogen leak found on during the STS-35 countdown. During a rollback to the Orbiter Processing Facility Atlantis was damaged during a hail storm. The eventual launch date of November 15, 1990, was set due to a payload problem. The launch window was between 18:30 and 22:30 EST. The launch occurred at 18:48:13 EST. The mission ended with a landing at the Shuttle Landing Facility, marking the first time in five years that a mission returned to the Kennedy Space Center since STS-51-D. This also marked the first time Atlantis ended a mission at the Kennedy Space Center.
== Crew ==
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