STS-77

USA

Manned Flight n°: 189

Earth orbit Flight n°: 186

USA manned Flight n°: 108

Launch, orbit & landing data:

Designation	23870 / 96032A
Launch date - time	19 May 1996 - 10:30:00 UT
Launch site	KSC, LC39B
Launch vehicle	Space Shuttle
Orbiter	Endeavour #11 (OV-105)
Primary payload	Spartan-207 - Spacehab SH-05
Mass (kg)
Flight Crew	Casper, Brown, Thomas Bursch, Runco, Garneau
Earth orbit on :
- Perigee / Apogee	283 km
- Inclination	39°
- Period	min
Landing date - time	29 May 1996 - 11:10:32 UT
Landing location	KSC, Runway 33
Flight Duration (d:hr:min)	10d 00h 40m
Nbr orbits	161
Distance traveled	6,598,310 km

Crew

Nr.	Surname	Given name	Job	Duration
1	Casper	John Howard	CDR	10d 00h 40m
2	Brown	Curtis Lee, Jr.	PLT	10d 00h 40m
3	Bursch	Daniel Wheeler	MSP	10d 00h 40m
4	Runco	Mario, Jr.	MSP	10d 00h 40m
5	Garneau	Joseph Jean-Marie Marc	MSP	10d 00h 40m
6	Thomas	Andrew Sydney Withiel	MSP	10d 00h 40m

Mission details:

Launch from Cape Canaveral (KSC); landing on Cape Canaveral (KSC); mission "Spacehab-4"; deploying and retrieval of a SPARTAN-satellite and deploying of a PAMS/STU-satellite; several rendezvous-maneuvers with both satellites; various additional experiments in different fields.

Payload: Endeavour F10 / GBA-9. Mass: 12,233 kg. Perigee: 274 km. Apogee: 285 km. Inclination: 39.0 deg. Period: 90.1 min. P>Deployed and retrieved Spartan 2; deployed PAMS-STU; carried Spacehab module. Payloads: Shuttle Pointed Research Tool for Astronomy (SPARTAN) 207/Inflatable Antenna Experiment (IAE); Technology Experiments Advancing Missions in Space (TEAMS) 01 (includes Vented Tank Resupply Experiment [VTRE], Global Positioning System [GPS] Attitude and Navigation Experiment [GANE] [RME 1316], Liquid Metal Test Experiment [LMTE] and Passive Aerodynami-cally Stabilized Magnetically Damped Satellite [PAMS] Satellite Test Unit [STU]; SPACEHAB-4; Brilliant Eyes Ten-Kelvin Sorption Cryocooler Experiment (BETSCE); 12 getaway specials attached to a GAS bridge assembly (GAS 056, 063, 142, 144, 163, 200, 490, 564, 565, 703, 741 and the Reduced-Fill Tank Pressure Control Experiment [RFTPCE]; Aquatic Research Facility (ARF) 01; Biological Research in Canisters (BRIC) 07, Block III.

Orbiter Liftoff Mass: 115,456 kg. Orbiter Mass at Landing: 100,415 kg. Payload to Orbit: 12,233 kg. Payload Returned: 11,860 kg.

Ref.: #7, #8, #16 - update: 25.03.06

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