Wednesday, January 1, 1997

STS-43 (Atlantis)

 1991-054A


Mission STS-43 was a  TDRS/IUS deployment mission recapitulating the profile of STS-29, down to the inclusion of the SHARE secondary experiment.


STS-43 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1991 Jun 19   Tow to VAB 
1991 Jun 20 ET mate  
1991 Jun 25   Rollout  
1991 Aug 2  1502:00  Launch LC39A 
 1504:05  SRB sep 
 1510:26  MECO 
 1510:45  ET sep  88.18 66 x 302 x 28.5 
 1541:53  OMS-2 2:20 68m/s 
 1600 90.51 296 x 302 x 28.5 
 1629  PLBD open 
 2114:39  TDRS/IUS deploy 
 2129:37  OMS-3 sep 16.8s 9m/s 
1991 Aug 3  0100?   90.84 299 x 331 x 28.5 
1991 Aug 6  1200?   90.83 299 x 331 x 28.5 
1991 Aug 8  1021   90.84 300 x 331 x 28.5 
1991 Aug 9  1554   90.83 300 x 330 x 28.5 
 1720? Orbit trim 
 2129   90.79 298 x 328 x 28.5 
1991 Aug 11  0843  PLBD closed  90.78 297 x 327 x 28.5 

1121:15  OMS DO (2:38) 94m/s 
 1151:50 Entry 
 1223:25  Landed RW15 KSC 
 1223:36  NGTD 
 1224:23  Wheels stop 
 1450Tow to OPF  OPF/2 

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