Wednesday, December 21, 1988

STS-51-B (Challenger)

 1985-034A


After the landing of 41-G, Challenger was rolled back to the OPF for processing for the military mission 51-C. When inspectors discovered problems with the heat shield tiles, that high priority mission was reassigned to Discovery, and Challenger was assigned the 51-E payload, consisting of the TDRS B and Anik C-1 satellites. Challenger's first Spacelab mission was 51-B. Launch came on 1985 Apr 29.


STS 51-B 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1985 Feb 10   51-E rollover  VAB 1 
1985 Feb 13   51-E mate  VAB 1 
1985 Feb 15   51-E rollout  LC39A 
1985 Mar 1   51-E cancelled  LC39A 
1985 Mar 4   51-E rollback  LC39A 
1985 Mar   51-E demate  VAB  
1985 Mar 7   51-B to OPF  OPF 
1985 Mar 27   Spacelab installed 
1985 Apr 10   51-B rollover  VAB 
1985 Apr 10   51-B mate  
1985 Apr 15   51-B rollout  LC39A 
1985 Apr 29  1602:18  Launch  LC39A 
 1604:24  SRB sep, 47.8 km 
 1610:53  MECO, 113.6 km 
 1611:11  ET sep, 115.5 km  86.68 32 x 186 x 57.0 (dV) 
 1612:53  OMS 1 (2:12) 69m/s 89.02 99 x 353 x 57.0  
   89.02 100 x 351 x 57.0 (OMS dV) 
 1615:07  OMS 1 CO 
 1632  ET apogee? 
 1648:33  OMS 2 (2:27) 74m/s 
 1650:58  OMS 2 CO 
 1703  ET reentry 59km 
 1727  PLBD open  91.59 346 x 358 x 57.0 
 2017  NUSAT 1 deploy  
 2042   91.59 345 x 358 x 57.0 
  GLOMR deploy failed 
1985 Apr 30  1754   91.58 345 x 359 x 57.0 
1985 May 5  0200   91.59 345 x 359 x 57.0 
1985 May 6  1228  PLBD closed  91.59 345 x 359 x 57.0 
 1504:48  OMS DO (265s) 143m/s  347 x 361 x 57.0 
 1509:12  OMS DO CO 
 1540:04  Entry 
 1611:04  Landing  RW17 EAFB 
 1611:16  NGTD 
 1612:03  Wheels stop 
1985 May 10   SCA 905  EAFB 
1985 May 10   SCA 905 landing  Kelly AFB, TX 
1985 May 11  1505  SCA 905 landing  KSC SLF 
1985 May 11    OPF 

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