STS-75

STS-75 was a 1996 NASA Space Shuttle mission, the 19th mission of the Columbia orbiter.

STS-75
Deployment of the Tethered Satellite System
Mission typeMicrogravity research
Technology development
OperatorNASA
COSPAR ID1996-012A
SATCAT no.23801
Mission duration15 days, 17 hours, 40 minutes, 22 seconds
Distance travelled10,500,000 kilometres (6,500,000 mi)
Orbits completed252
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSpace Shuttle Columbia
Payload mass10,592 kilograms (23,351 lb)
Crew
Crew size7
Members
Start of mission
Launch date22 February 1996, 20:18:00 (1996-02-22UTC20:18Z) UTC
Launch siteKennedy LC-39B
End of mission
Landing date9 March 1996, 13:58:22 (1996-03-09UTC13:58:23Z) UTC
Landing siteKennedy SLF Runway 33
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude277 kilometres (172 mi)
Apogee altitude320 kilometres (200 mi)
Inclination28.45 degrees
Period90.5 minutes

Left to right - Seated: Horowitz, Allen, Chang-Diaz; Standing: Cheli, Guidoni, Hoffman, Nicollier
 
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