 Space Shuttle Discovery atop Shuttle Carrier Aircraft 905, flies over Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 6 in November 1984, for testing of infrastructure at the base ahead of the mission | |
| Names | Space Transportation System |
|---|---|
| Mission type | DoD satellite deployment (planned) |
| Operator | NASA |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Discovery (planned) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 7 |
| Members | |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | July 15, 1986 (planned, not launched) |
| Rocket | Space Shuttle Discovery |
| Launch site | Vandenberg, SLC-6 |
| Contractor | Rockwell International |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | July 19, 1986 (planned) |
| Landing site | Vandenberg, Runway 12/30 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit (planned) |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Perigee altitude | 312 km (194 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 320 km (200 mi) |
| Inclination | 48.45° |
| Period | 90.90 minutes |
 Back row: Aldridge, Crippen and Watterson Front row: G. Gardner, Mullane, Ross and D. Gardner Cancelled Shuttle missions | |
STS-62-A was a planned NASA Space Shuttle mission to deliver a reconnaissance payload (Teal Ruby) into polar orbit. It was expected to use Discovery. It would have been the first crewed launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, and the first crewed mission to go into polar orbit.
The mission designation, STS-62-A, meant: 6=fiscal year 1986, 2=Vandenberg (1=Kennedy Space Center), and A=first flight in that fiscal year.