STS-44

STS-44
	Atlantis deploys a Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite.
Names	Space Transportation System-44
Mission type	DSP satellite deployment
Operator	NASA
COSPAR ID	1991-080A
SATCAT no.	21795
Mission duration	6 days, 22 hours, 50 minutes, 44 seconds
Distance travelled	4,651,112 km (2,890,067 mi)
Orbits completed	110
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Space Shuttle Atlantis
Launch mass	117,766 kg (259,630 lb)
Landing mass	87,919 kg (193,828 lb)
Payload mass	20,240 kg (44,620 lb)
Crew
Crew size	6
Members	Frederick D. Gregory; Terence T. Henricks; James S. Voss; Story Musgrave; Mario Runco Jr.; Thomas J. Hennen;
Start of mission
Launch date	November 24, 1991, 23:44:00 UTC
Rocket	Space Shuttle Atlantis
Launch site	Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A
Contractor	Rockwell International
End of mission
Landing date	December 1, 1991, 22:34:12 UTC
Landing site	Edwards Air Force Base,; Runway 5
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit
Regime	Low Earth orbit
Perigee altitude	363 km (226 mi)
Apogee altitude	371 km (231 mi)
Inclination	28.45°
Period	91.90 minutes
Instruments
	Air Force Maui Optical Site (AMOS); Bioreactor Flow; Cosmic Radiation Effects and Activation Monitor (CREAM); Extended Duration Orbiter Medical Project; Extended Duration Orbiter (EDO); Interim Operational Contamination Monitor (IOCM); Military Man in Space (M88-1); Radiation Monitoring Equipment (RME III); Shuttle Activation Monitor (SAM); Terra-Scout; Visual Function Tester (VFT-1);
	; STS-44 mission patch; ; Standing: James S. Voss, Thomas J. Hennen, Mario Runco Jr.; Seated: Terence T. Henricks, Frederick D. Gregory, Story Musgrave Space Shuttle program

STS-44 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission using Atlantis that launched on November 24, 1991. It was a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) space mission.

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