Monday, August 8, 1994

STS-28 (Columbia)

 1989-061A


Columbia flew again in Aug 1989. The STS-28R mission was highly classified. It deployed two satellites, one large NRO communications satellite which is thought to have been boosted to Molniya orbit, and one small GAS-can-deployed experiment that may have been a GLOMR follow-on or an NRO sigint payload.


STS-28 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1988 Jun 10 Processing  OPF/1 
1988 Oct 7   Storage  OMRF 
1988 Nov 9   Processing  OPF/2 
1988 Dec 12   Storage  OMRF 
1989 Jan 23   Processing  OPF/1? 
1989 Jul 3   Rollover  VAB 
1989 Jul 14   Rollout  LC39B 
1989 Aug 8  1237:00  Launch  LC39B  
 1239:04  SRB sep 
 1245:36  MECO 
 1245:54  ET sep  88.43 90? x 303 x 57.0 
 1314:52  OMS 2 1:46 60m/s?? 
 1316:38  OMS 2 CO 
 1330?  90.49 290 x 307 x 57.0 
 1415:53  PLBD open 
 1830  90.49 290 x 306 x 57.0 
 1835?  SPDS deploy USA-40 
 1900?  RCS? sep 
 1900  90.56 295 x 308 x 57.0  
1989 Aug 9  1249:00  OMS 3 
 1249:11  OMS 3 CO 
 1410?  GAS deploy USA-41 on rev 18 (s) 
 1419:00  OMS 4
 1419:11  OMS 4 CO 
1989 Aug 11  0000   90.55 295 x 307 x 57.0  
1989 Aug 12  1600?   90.54 295 x 306 x 57.0 
1989 Aug 13  1004:54  PLBD close 
 1236:56  OMS DO 2:19 79 m/s 
 1239:14  OMS DO CO 
 1305:57  Entry 
 1337:09  Landed  RW17 EAFB 
 1337:14  NGTD 
 1337:51  Wheels stop 
1989 Aug 20  1045SCA Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, TX 
 1600SCA  Warner-Robbins ALC, GA 
1989 Aug 21  1430SCA  KSC SLF 
 1805 OPF/2 

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