1989-033A
STS-30R was the first Shuttle mission to launch an interplanetary probe. Atlantis took off from Kennedy Space Center on 1989 May 4. The only cargo bay payload was an IUS rocket with the Magellan Venus probe aboard. The OMS-2 burn placed Atlantis in a 28.9 degree circular orbit, a fractionally higher inclination than standard. With the deployment of Magellan 6 hours after launch, the STS-30R mission was essentially complete. The astronauts stayed in space for three more days, carrying out observations of lightning and and using the Fluids Experiment Apparatus. Landing was at Edwards on May 8.
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| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
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| 1989 Mar 11 | | Tow to VAB |
| 1989 Mar 22 | | Rollout | LC39B |
| 1989 May 4 | 1847:00 | Launch from LC39B |
| | 1849:04 | SRB sep |
| | 1855:28 | MECO | 86.11 5 x 157 x 28.9 (PK) |
| 1855:45 | ET sep | 86.11 5 x 157 x 28.9 (OMS dV) |
| | 1857:28 | OMS-1 2:22 69m/s | 94 x 296 x 28.9 (PK) |
| | 1859:50 | OMS-1 CO | 88.43 99 x 295 x 28.9 (OMS dV) |
| | 1931:26 | OMS-2 2:05 60m/s | 90.50 294 x 303 x 28.9 |
| | 1933:32 | OMS-2 CO |
| | 1958 | PLBD open |
| 1989 May 5 | 0101:32 | Magellan deploy |
| | 0116:21 | OMS-3 sep 16s 9m/s |
| | 0730 | | 90.82 297 x 333 x 28.9 |
| 1989 May 8 | 0200 | | 90.81 297 x 331 x 28.9 |
| | 1601 | PLBD closed |
| | 1840:49 | OMS DO 2:46 99 m/s |
| | 1843:35 | OMS DO CO |
| | 1912:51 | Entry |
| | 1943:26 | Touchdown RW22 EAFB | (4:00:56:33)? |
| | 1943:38 | NGTD |
| | 1944:24 | Wheels stop |
| 1989 May 14 | 2030 | SCA takeoff | EAFB |
| | 2250 | SCA landing | Biggs AAF TX |
| 1989 May 15 | 1402 | SCA takeoff |
| | 1530 | SCA landing | DFW Airport, TX |
| | 1745 | SCA takeoff |
| | 2015 | SCA landing | Warner Robbins ALC GA |
| | 2200 | SCA takeoff |
| 1989 May 16 | 0009 | SCA landing | KSC SLF |
| | 0330 | Tow to OPF/2 |
