Also called: P90-4
Launch data:
| Designation
|
23470
/ 95004B
|
|
Launch
date
|
03
Feb 1995
|
| Launch site | KSC, LC-39B |
| Launch vehicle |
Shuttle STS-63 |
| Mission | Scientific: UV astronomy |
| Earth orbit: |
|
Perigee/Apogee
|
310/342
km
|
|
Inclination
|
51.6°
|
|
Period
|
91
min
|
| Earth orbit on: |
| Perigee / Apogee | 388 x 389 km |
| Eccentricity | |
| Inclination | 51.65 deg |
| Period | 92.32 min |
Put in orbit by the crew on Feb 7, 1995 at 12:26 UT.
The spacecraft carried NRL's FUVIS Far Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph which
will be used to study the Shuttle environment and make astronomical
observations. This is the first Spartan mission to be sponsored by the USAF
Space Test Program rather than NASA. It made about 40 hours of observation of
Galactic dust clouds.
End of life
|
Cause
|
Retrieved
by the Shuttle
|
|
Recovered date
|
09
Feb 1995
|
Ref: #15, #207 - update: 24.10.04