1994-006A
STS-60 was launched on 1994 Feb 3 at 1210 on a research mission to fly the Wake Shield Facility and carry out research in the Spacehab module on materials and bioprocessing. The original plan was to release the WSF into a 350 x 354 km orbit at 1400 on Feb 5, and rendezvous with it on Feb 7, retrieving it at 2010. However, problems with WSF attitude control aborted the deploy on two occasions, and it was used instead attached to the RMS arm.
The CAPL experiment showed that start-up of the capillary pumped loop thermal control system was much harder in orbit than on the ground, prompting a redesign of the system.
Six ODERACS calibration spheres and the German BREMSAT microsat were ejected from the GAS bridge during the mission.
| STS-60 events | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 Jan 4 | Tow to VAB | ||
| 1994 Jan 10 | Rollout | LC39A | |
| 1994 Feb 3 | 1210:00 | Launch from LC39 | |
| 1212:05 | SRB sep | ||
| 1218:33 | MECO | 88.74 66 x 357 x 57.0 (OMS dV) | |
| 1218:52 | ET sep | ||
| 1252:16 | OMS-2 2:44 82m/s | ||
| 1255:00 | OMS 2 CO | 91.60 347 x 358 x 57.0 | |
| 1341 | PLBD open | ||
| 1994 Feb 4 | 0000 | 91.59 347 x 358 x 57.0 | |
| RMS tests | |||
| 1994 Feb 5 | 0944 | Supply water dump | |
| 1113:57 | RMS grapple WSF | ||
| 1223:41 | WSF unberth | ||
| WSF deploy cancelled | |||
| 2058 | RMS reberth WSF | ||
| 2103 | Ungrapple | ||
| 1994 Feb 6 | 1114 | RMS grapple WSF | |
| 1153 | RMS unberth WSF | ||
| 1994 Feb 7 | 1721 | RMS reberth WSF | 91.58 345 x 358 x 57.0 |
| 1724 | Ungrapple | ||
| 1724 | Grapple | ||
| 2051 | Unberth | ||
| 1994 Feb 8 | 1159 | Berth | |
| 1434 | Unberth | ||
| 1994 Feb 9 | 0657 | 91.58 345 x 358 x 57.0 | |
| 1218 | Berth | ||
| 1245 | Ungrapple WSF | ||
| 1453:24 | ODERACS deploy sequence initiated | ||
| 1454:23 | ODERACS-A (10cm) deploy | ||
| 1454:25 | ODERACS B (10cm) deploy | ||
| 1454:28 | ODERACS C (5 cm) deploy | ||
| 1454:30 | ODERACS D (5 cm) deploy | ||
| 1454:35 | ODERACS E (15cm) deploy | ||
| 1454:37 | ODERACS F (15cm) deploy | ||
| 1923:19 | BREMSAT deploy | ||
| 1994 Feb 10 | 0700 | 91.62 349 x 358 x 57.0 | |
| 1994 Feb 11 | 1409 | PLBD closed | 91.63 349 x 358 x 57.0 |
| 1814:50 | OMS DO (3:54) 124m/s | ||
| 1818:45 | OMS DO CO | 87.39 -67 x 358 x 57.0 | |
| 1847:51 | Entry interface | ||
| 1919:22 | Landed KSC RW15 | ||
| 1919:35 | Chute | ||
| 1919:43 | NGTD | ||
| 1919:57 | Chute sep | ||
| 1920:14 | Wheels stop | ||
| 2245 | Tow to OPF/3 | ||
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