1982-065A
STS-4 was the fourth and last Orbital Test Flight mission. Launch of STS-4 was at 1500:00 on 1982 Jun 27. After four OMS burns, Columbia entered a 295 x 303 km x 28.5 deg orbit. The crew ran into a major payload problem when the aperture door on the CIRRIS telescope failed to deploy. On Jun 29, it was time for more tests of the RMS. The RMS grappled the Induced Environment Contamination Monitor and moved it around the bay to make contamination measurements. The next two days saw more tests of the payload bay doors and of the RCS and OMS engines. At 1100 on Jul 2, Mattingly tested out the new EVA spacesuit. Later that day, more RCS burns were used to test the dynamics of the RMS arm. Columbia landed at Edwards AFB on Jul 4.
| STS-4 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 May 18 | Rollover | VAB/3 | |
| 1982 May 25 | ET mate | ||
| 1982 May 26 | Rollout | LC39A | |
| 1982 Jun 27 | 1500:00 | Launch, LC39A | |
| 1502:10 | SRB sep (47.6 km) | ||
| 1508:33 | MECO | ||
| 1508:50 | ET sep (108.1 km) | 86.04 -17 x 172 x 28.5 | |
| 86.03 -13 x 168 x 28.5 | |||
| 1510:33 | OMS-1 (88s) 46.6m/s | 87.58 63 x 241 x 28.5 | |
| 1512:01 | OMS-1 CO | ||
| 1526 | ET apogee | ||
| 1537:41 | OMS-2 (104s) 53.1m/s | ||
| 1539:26 | OMS-2 CO | ||
| 1547 | ET breakup | ||
| 1701 | PLBD open | 89.38 237 x 249 x 28.5 | |
| 1929:13 | OMS 3 (32s) 16m/s | 89.98 249 x 296 x 28.5 | |
| 2014:11 | OMS 4 (32s) 16m/s | 90.54 296 x 304 x 28.52 | |
| 1982 Jun 29 | RMS grapple IECM | ||
| 1217 | RMS unberth IECM | ||
| 1532 | RMS reberth IECM | ||
| 1600 | RMS unberth IECM | 90.52 296 x 303 x 28.5 | |
| 1812 | RMS reberth IECM | ||
| 1950 | RCS burn | ||
| 1982 Jun 30 | 0553 | 90.56 297 x 306 x 28.5 | |
| 1982 Jun 30 | 1748 | PLBD closed | |
| 1956 | PLBD open | ||
| 1982 Jul 1 | 1026 | PLBD closed | |
| 1113 | PLBD open | ||
| 1330 | RCS | 90.55 296 x 306 x 28.5 | |
| 1345 | RCS | ||
| 1833 | OMS 5 (LH, 17s) 4.5m/s | 90.70 304 x 312 x 28.5 | |
| 1982 Jul 2 | 0855 | RCS | |
| 1055 | RCS | 90.73 301 x 319 x 28.5 | |
| 1659 | RCS (RMS test) | ||
| 1741 | RCS (RMS test) | ||
| RCS | 89.77 302 x 322 x 28.5 | ||
| 1982 Jul 4 | 0152 | 90.77 300 x 324 x 28.5 | |
| 1982 Jul 4 | 1147 | Begin to close PLBD | 90.77 305 x 318 x 28.5 |
| 1211 | PLBD closed | ||
| 1510:00 | OMS DO (171s) 94.2m/s | ||
| 1512:53 | OMS DO CO | ||
| 1540:23 | Entry | ||
| 1609:40 | Landing | RW22 EAFB | |
| 1609:53 | NGTD | ||
| 1610:54 | Wheels stop | ||
| 1982 Jul 14 | 1446 | SCA | Dyess AFB, TX |
| 1982 Jul 15 | 1430 | SCA arr. KSC | KSC SLF |
| 1982 Jul 16 | 0100 | OPF/1 | |
Payload:
- R-11 (DoD 82-1)
- DFI Development Flight Instrumentation
- IECM Induced Environment Contamination Monitor
- ACIP
- G-001 GAS (Utah State University/R. Gilbert Moore) Fruit flies, brine shrimp, duckweed, algae, Composite curing,soldering, alloy formation, Surface tension, thermal conductivity, System thermal survey. (Power and electrical problems)
- Middeck
- MLR Monodisperse Latex Reactor
- CFES1 Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System
