STS-53
Sign in to saveSTS-53 was a NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission in support of the United States Department of Defense (DoD). It was Discovery's 15th flight. The mission was launched on December 2, 1992, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. This was also the last mission to have been operated via MCR-2 in JSC. Afterwards the room was restored entirely to its Apollo era appearance.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
- 57.00°
- Spaceflight.name
- STS-53
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Space Transportation System-53
- Spaceflight.image
- STS-053 shuttle.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- Launch of Discovery for a Department of Defense (DoD) mission
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- DoD satellite deployment
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA
- Spaceflight.orbits_completed
- 116
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 5
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC (8:24amEST)
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kennedy, LC-39A
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- Rockwell International
- Spaceflight.landing_date
- UTC (12:43:47pmPST)
- Spaceflight.landing_site
- Edwards, Runway22
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Low Earth orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_period
- 92.00 minutes
- Spaceflight.apsis
- gee
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human spaceflight
- Part of
- Space Shuttle program
- Operator
- NASA
- Followed by
- STS-54
- Follows
- STS-52
- Duration
- 631187
- Mass
- 11860
- Orbital period
- 92.0
- Image
- STS-053 shuttle.jpg
- Significant event
- landing
Show 14 more facts
- type of orbit
- low Earth orbit
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1992-12-02
- Commons category
- STS-53
- crew members
- James S. Voss
- vessel
- Discovery
- location of landing
- Edwards Air Force Base
- orbits completed
- 116
- UTC date of spacecraft landing
- 1992-12-09
- orbital inclination
- 57.0
- periapsis
- 365
- apoapsis
- 376
- Commons gallery
- STS-53
- start point
- Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
- archives at
- Lunar and Planetary Institute
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Crew
- Crew seat assignments
- Mission highlights
- Mission insignia
- See also
- References
- External links
STS-53 was a NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission in support of the United States Department of Defense (DoD). It was Discovery's 15th flight. The mission was launched on December 2, 1992, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. This was also the last mission to have been operated via MCR-2 in JSC. Afterwards the room was restored entirely to its Apollo era appearance.
== Crew ==
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