1997-039A
The STS-85 mission featured the second flight of the CRISTA-SPAS satellite. SPAS was deployed on Aug 7, the day of launch, and recovered on Aug 16. The recovery involved a `twice orbital rate fly around' (TORFA) approach being tested for the Station.
STS-85 also carried the TAS and IEH experiments in the payload bay.
| STS-85 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 Jun 20 | ET/SRB mate on MLP-3 | ||
| 1997 Jul 7 | 1445 | Roll to VAB | |
| 1997 Jul 8 | OV mate to ET/SRB | ||
| 1997 Jul 14 | 1200 | Roll to LC39A | |
| 1997 Aug 7 | 1441:00 | Launch | LC39A |
| 1443:03 | SRB sep | ||
| 1449:32 | MECO | 40 x 280 x 57.0 | |
| 1449:52 | ET sep | ||
| 1518:06 | OMS 2 158.4s 77.4 m/s | 90.42 290 x 300 x 57.0 | |
| 1520:45 | OMS 2 CO | ||
| 1602 | PLBD open | ||
| 1840 | RMS grapple SPAS | ||
| 2124:07 | SPAS unberth | ||
| 2227:05 | SPAS deploy | ||
| 2228 | RCS sep 0.2m/s | ||
| 2245 | RCS sep-2 0.3m/s | ||
| 1997 Aug 8 | 1303 | RCS NC2 0.6m/s | |
| 2038 | RCS NC4 0.3m/s | ||
| 1997 Aug 9 | 0300 | 90.42 289 x 300 x 57.0 | |
| 1051 | RCS NC5 0.4m/s | ||
| 1954 | RCS NC6 0.1m/s | ||
| 1997 Aug 10 | 2125 | RCS NC8 0.4m/s | |
| 1997 Aug 11 | 2101 | 90.37 286 x 298 x 57.0 | |
| 1997 Aug 12 | 1924 | RCS NC12 0.1m/s | |
| 2000 | 90.35 285 x 297 x 57.0 | ||
| 1997 Aug 13 | 0746 | RCS NC13 0.2m/s | |
| 2001 | RCS NC15 0.3m/s | ||
| 1997 Aug 14 | 0724 | RCS NC16 0.2m/s | |
| 1856 | RCS NC17 0.4m/s | ||
| 2200 | 90.32 284 x 295 x 57.0 | ||
| 1997 Aug 15 | 0828 | RCS NC18 0.3m/s | |
| 1719 | RCS NC20 1.8m/s | ||
| 1997 Aug 16 | TORFA Rendezvous with SPAS | ||
| 0811 | RCS NC21 0.3m/s | ||
| 0951:30 | RCS NC22 1.7 m/s | ||
| 1121:51 | RCS NC23 0.5m/s | ||
| 1154:23 | RCS NCC 0.2m/s | ||
| 1250:47 | OMS 3 R TI burn 12s 3.3m/s | 90.29 282 x 294 x 57.0 | |
| 1250:59 | OMS 3 CO | ||
| 1339:08 | MC2 | ||
| 1349:08 | MC3 | ||
| On R-bar 150m | |||
| Flyaround to V-bar | |||
| Fly in from V-bar at 75m | |||
| Simulated Station approach to 10m | |||
| Back off | |||
| 1513:30 | RMS grapple SPAS | 90.28 282 x 294 x 57.0 | |
| 1630:29 | RMS berth SPAS | ||
| 1997 Aug 17 | 90.28 282 x 293 x 57.0 | ||
| 0746 | RMS grapple SPAS | ||
| 0754:18 | RMS unberth SPAS for Station SVS tests | ||
| 1133:27 | RMS berth SPAS | ||
| 1137 | Ungrapple SPAS | ||
| 1159 | RMS stowed | ||
| 1214:14 | OMS-4 HA1 lower orbit 37s 10m/s | 89.95 261 x 282 x 57.0 | |
| 1256:21 | OMS-5 HA2 lower orbit 37s 10m/s | 89.62 249 x 261 x 57.0 | |
| 1997 Aug 18 | 0734 | PLBD closed | 89.61 249 x 261 x 57.0 |
| 1000 | Deorbit cancelled (WX) | ||
| 1016 | PLBD open | ||
| 1997 Aug 19 | 0727 | PLBD closed | 89.61 249 x 261 x 57.0 |
| 1007:30 | OMS DO (2:15) 70.7 km/s | 87.31 28 x 253 x 57.0 | |
| 1009:45 | OMS DO CO | ||
| 1035:46 | Entry interface | ||
| 1107:59 | Landed KSC RW33, 11:20:26:59 | ||
| 1108:09 | NGTD | ||
| 1109:07 | Wheels stop | ||
| 1545 | Tow to OPF/3 | ||
