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Allen Brand Lenoir Overmyer

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STS-5 Credit - NASA Media Gallery

11 November 1982 12:19 GMT. Landing Date: 1982-11-16 14:33:26. Flight Time: 5.09 days. Flight Up: STS-5. Flight Back: STS-5. Call Sign: Columbia. Crew: Allen, Brand, Lenoir, Overmyer. Program: STS.

Of note: Record crew size aboard a single spacecraft. First operational STS mission, first satellite deployment, first four-person spacecraft crew.

What went wrong: The EVA was delayed because one of the astronauts was vomiting so severely due to space sickness that it was feared he might do it inside his space helmet, possibly killing him due to suffocation. Official reason was 'malfunction of suit'. Manned four crew. First mission to deploy commercial communications satellites (SBS 3, Anik C3). Payloads: : Satellite Business Systems (SBS)-C with Payload Assist ; (PAM)-D; Telesat-E (Canadian communications satellite) with PAM-D. Monodisperse Latex Reactor (MLR), Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System (CFES), three getaway specials (GAS), Student experiments, GLOW experiment, Vestibular experiment, Oxygen Interaction With Materials experiment.

Orbits of Earth: 81. Distance traveled: 3,397,082 km. Orbiter Liftoff Mass: 112,088 kg. Orbiter Mass at Landing: 91,841 kg. Payload to Orbit: 14,551 kg. Payload Returned: 7,935 kg. Landed at: Concrete runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base, Cali. Landing Speed: 366 kph. Touchdown miss distance: 498 m. Landing Rollout: 2,911 m.

Mission Name: STS-5 (5)
COLUMBIA (5)
Pad 39-A (17)
5th Shuttle mission
5th Flight OV-102

Crew:
Vance D. Brand (2), Commander
Robert F. Overmyer (1), Pilot
Joseph P. Allen (1), Mission Specialist
William B. Lenoir (1), Mission Specialist

Milestones:
OPF - July 16, 1982
VAB - Sept 9, 1982
PAD - Sept 21, 1982

Payload:
ANIK-C3,SBS-C
Mission Objectives:

Launch:
November 11, 1982, 7:19:00am EST. Launch proceeded as scheduled with no delays. Launch Weight: 247,113 lbs.
Orbit:
Altitude: 184nm
Inclination: 28.5 degrees
Orbits: 81
Duration: Five days, two hours, 14 minutes 26 seconds.
Distance: 2,110,849 miles

Hardware:
SRB: BI-005
SRM: 005SW(SPM)
ET : 6/SWT-5
MLP: 1
SSME-1: SN-2007
SSME-2: SN-2006
SSME-3: SN-2005

Landing:
November 16, 1982, 6:33:26 a.m. PST, Runway 22. Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Rollout distance: 9,553 feet. Rollout time 63 seconds. Orbiter returned to KSC Nov. 22, 1982. Landing Weight: 202,480 lbs.

Mission Highlights:
First Shuttle operational mission deployed two commercial com- munications satellites, ANIK C-3 for TELESAT Canada and SitS- C for Satellite Business Systems. Each equipped with Payload Assist Module-D (PAM-D) solid rocket motor, which fired about 45 minutes after deployment, placing each satellite into highly elliptical orbit. One Get Away Special and three Shuttle Student Involvement Program (SSIP) experiments conducted. First scheduled space walk in Shuttle program canceled due to malfunction of space suit.

• 1982 Nov 11 - STS-5  Crew: Allen, Brand, Lenoir, Overmyer. Spacecraft: Columbia. Payload: Columbia F05 / SBS 3 [PAM-D] / Anik C3 [PAM-D]. Mass: 14,551 kg (32,079 lb). Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Vehicle: Shuttle. Duration: 5.09 days. Perigee: 294 km (182 mi). Apogee: 317 km (196 mi). Inclination: 28.50 deg. Period: 90.50 min.

  Manned four crew. First mission to deploy commercial communications satellites (SBS 3, Anik C3). Payloads: : Satellite Business Systems (SBS)-C with Payload Assist ; (PAM)-D; Telesat-E (Canadian communications satellite) with PAM-D. Monodisperse Latex Reactor (MLR), Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System (CFES), three getaway specials (GAS), Student experiments, GLOW experiment, Vestibular experiment, Oxygen Interaction With Materials experiment.

• 1982 Nov 16 - Landing of STS-5 

  STS-5 landed at 14:33 GMT.

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