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STS-52

STS-52
Columbia's payload bay, with the LAGEOS 2 satellite being deployed.
NamesSpace Transportation System-52
Mission typeLAGEOS 2 satellite deployment
Microgravity research
OperatorNASA
COSPAR ID1992-070A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.22194Edit this on Wikidata
Mission duration9 days, 20 hours, 56 minutes, 13 seconds
Distance travelled6,645,026 km (4,129,028 mi)
Orbits completed159
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSpace Shuttle Columbia
Launch mass113,460 kg (250,140 lb)
Landing mass97,574 kg (215,114 lb)[1]
Payload mass8,078 kg (17,809 lb)
Crew
Crew size6
Members
Start of mission
Launch dateOctober 22, 1992, 17:09:39 (October 22, 1992, 17:09:39) UTC (1:09:39 pm EDT)[2]
Launch siteKennedy, LC-39B
ContractorRockwell International
End of mission
Landing dateNovember 1, 1992, 14:05:53 (November 1, 1992, 14:05:53) UTC (9:05:53 am EST)
Landing siteKennedy, SLF Runway 33
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit[2]
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Perigee altitude300 km (190 mi)
Apogee altitude302 km (188 mi)
Inclination28.45°
Period90.60 minutes
Instruments
  • Canadian experiment (CANEX-2)
  • Chemical Vapor Transport Experiment Heat Pipe Performance Experiment (CVTEHPPE)
  • Lambda Point Experiment
  • Low Altitude Conical Earth Sensor (LACES)
  • Materials Exposure in Low-Earth Orbit (MELEO)
  • Matériel pour l'Étude des Phénomènes Intéressant la Solidification sur eT en Orbite (MEPHISTO)
  • Modular Star Sensor (MOSS)
  • Mission Peculiar Equipment Support Structures (MPESS)
  • Orbiter Glow (OGLOW-2)
  • Phase Partitioning in Liquids (PARLIQ)
  • Queen's University Experiment in Liquid-Metal Diffusion (QUELD)
  • Physiological Systems Experiment (PSE)
  • Space Acceleration Measurement System (SAMS)
  • Space Adaptation Tests and Observations (SATO)
  • Shuttle Plume Impingement Experiment (SPIE)
  • Sun Photospectrometre Earth Atmosphere Measurement (SPEAM-2)
  • Space Vision System (SVS)
  • Tank Pressure Control Experiment/Thermal Phenomena (TPCE/TP)
  • Yaw Earth Sensor (YES)

STS-52 mission patch

Back: Baker, Wetherbee and MacLean
Front: Veach, Jernigan and Shepherd
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STS-52 was a Space Transportation System (NASA Space Shuttle) mission using Space Shuttle Columbia, and was launched on October 22, 1992.[3]

  1. ^ Rumerman, Judy A. (2009). "3B". NASA Historical Data Book (PDF). Vol. VII. NASA History Division. pp. 435–437. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 22, 2021. Retrieved April 22, 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ a b "STS-52 Space Shuttle Mission Report" (PDF). NTRS – NASA Technical Reports Server. NASA. December 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 22, 2021. Retrieved April 22, 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ Ryba, Jeanne (March 31, 2010). "STS-52". Space Shuttle – Mission Archives. NASA. Archived from the original on April 22, 2021. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
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