Adamson

Brown Mark

Leestma

Richards

Shaw

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STS-28 Credit - NASA

8 August 1989 12:43 GMT. Landing Date: 1989-08-13 13:43:12 PM. Flight Time: 5.04 days. Flight Up: STS-28. Flight Back: STS-28. Call Sign: Columbia. Crew: Adamson, Brown Mark, Leestma, Richards, Shaw. Program: STS. Manned five crew. Deployed 2 classified satellites. Landed at: Runway 17 dry lake bed at Edwards Air Force Base, . Landing Speed: 287 kph. Touchdown miss distance: 1,618.00 m. Landing Rollout: 1,833.00 m. Payloads: DoD Mission.

NASA Official Mission Narrative

Mission Name: STS-28 (30)
COLUMBIA (8)
Pad 39-B (11)
30th Shuttle mission
8th Flight OV-102

Crew:
Brewster H. Shaw, Jr. (3), Commander
Richard N. Richards (1), Pilot
James C. Adamson (1), Mission Specialist 1
David C. Leestma (2), Mission Specialist 2
Mark N. Brown (1), Mission Specialist 3

Milestones:
OPF - Jan. 23, 1989
VAB - July 3, 1989
PAD - July 14,1989

Payload:
DoD(4)
Mission Objectives:

Launch:
August 8, 1989, 8:37:00 a.m. EDT. Liftoff occurred during classified launch window lying within launch period extending from 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. EDT, Aug. 8. Launch Weight: Classified.
Orbit:
Altitude: Classified
Inclination: 57.0 degrees
Orbits: 81
Duration: 5 days, 1 hour, 0 minutes, 8 seconds.
Distance: 2,100,000 miles (approx)

STS-28 STS-28 Columbia, OV-102, lifts off from KSC Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39B... Credit- NASA

Hardware:
SRB: BI-028
SRM: 360H005
ET : 31/LWT-24
MLP : 2
SSME-1: SN-2019
SSME-2: SN-2022
SSME-3: SN-2028

Landing:
August 13, 1989, 6:37:08 a.m. PDT, Runway 17, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Rollout distance: 6,015 feet. Rollout time: 46 seconds. Orbiter returned to KSC Aug. 21, 1989. Landing Weight: 200,214 lbs.

Mission Highlights:
Fourth mission dedicated to Department of Defense, and first flight of COLUMBIA since Mission 61-C.

• 1989 Aug 8 - STS-28  Crew: Adamson, Brown Mark, Leestma, Richards, Shaw. Spacecraft: Columbia. Payload: Columbia F08 / DoD. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Vehicle: Shuttle. Duration: 5.04 days. Perigee: 289 km (179 mi). Apogee: 306 km (190 mi). Inclination: 57.00 deg. Period: 90.50 min.

  Manned five crew. Deployed 2 classified satellites. Landed at: Runway 17 dry lake bed at Edwards Air Force Base, . Landing Speed: 287 kph. Touchdown miss distance: 1,618.00 m. Landing Rollout: 1,833.00 m. Payloads: DoD Mission.

• 1989 Aug 13 - Landing of STS-28 

  STS-28 landed at 13:43 GMT.