Human Spaceflights

International Flight No. 104

STS-51G

Discovery (5)

USA

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Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:  17.06.1985
Launch time:  11:33 UTC
Launch site:  Cape Canaveral (KSC)
Launch pad:  39-A
Altitude:  387 km
Inclination:  28,45°
Landing date:  24.06.1985
Landing time:  13:11 UTC
Landing site:  Edwards AFB

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Crew

No.   Surname Given names Position Flight No. Duration Orbits
1  Brandenstein  Daniel Charles  CDR 2 7d 01h 38m  112 
2  Creighton  John Oliver  PLT 1 7d 01h 38m  112 
3  Fabian  John McCreary  MSP 2 7d 01h 38m  112 
4  Nagel  Steven Ray  MSP 1 7d 01h 38m  112 
5  Lucid  Shannon Matilda Wells  MSP 1 7d 01h 38m  112 
6  Baudry  Marie-Patrick Pierre Roger  PSP 1 7d 01h 38m  112 
7  Al-Saud  Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz  PSP 1 7d 01h 38m  112 

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1  Brandenstein
2  Creighton
3  Fabian
4  Nagel
5  Lucid
6  Baudry
7  Al-Saud
Landing
1  Brandenstein
2  Creighton
3  Lucid
4  Nagel
5  Fabian
6  Baudry
7  Al-Saud

Backup Crew

No.   Surname Given names Position
6  Chrétien  Jean-Loup Jacques Marie  PSP
7  Al-Bassam  Abdulmohsen Hamad  PSP

Flight

Launch from Cape Canaveral (KSC); landing on Edwards AFB.

Salman Al-Saud became the first astronaut from Saudi Arabia. The crew successful deployed the three communications satelites Morelos-1 (Mexico), Arabsat-1B (ASCO, the Arab League) and Telstar-3D (AT&T).

They used the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) to deploy and later retrieve the SPARTAN 1-01 satellite which performed 17 hours of x-ray astronomy research while separated from the Space Shuttle. In addition, the crew activated for the first time the Automated Directional Solidification Furnace (ADSF), a materials processing furnace, six Get Away Special canisters with experiments in Earth observation, medicine, biology, astronomy. Two French biomedical experiments were carried out. The crew also conducted a laser tracking experiment, the High Precision Tracking Experiment, as part of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI).

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