STS-34

STS-34
Galileo and its Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) in the payload bay of Atlantis
NamesSpace Transportation System-34
STS-34
Mission typeGalileo spacecraft deployment
OperatorNASA
COSPAR ID1989-084A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.20297Edit this on Wikidata
Mission duration4 days, 23 hours, 39 minutes, 20 seconds
Distance travelled2,900,000 km (1,800,000 mi)
Orbits completed79
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSpace Shuttle Atlantis
Launch mass116,831 kg (257,568 lb)
Landing mass88,881 kg (195,949 lb)
Payload mass22,064 kg (48,643 lb)
Crew
Crew size5
Members
Start of mission
Launch dateOctober 18, 1989, 16:53:40 (October 18, 1989, 16:53:40) UTC (12:53:40 pm EDT)
Launch siteKennedy, LC-39B
ContractorRockwell International
End of mission
Landing dateOctober 23, 1989, 16:33:00 (October 23, 1989, 16:33:00) UTC (9:33 am PDT)
Landing siteEdwards, Runway 23
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Perigee altitude298 km (185 mi)
Apogee altitude307 km (191 mi)
Inclination34.33°
Period90.60 minutes
Instruments
  • Growth Hormone Concentration and Distribution in Plants experiment
  • Mesoscale Lightning Experiment (MLE)
  • Polymer Morphology (PM)
  • Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (SSBUV)

STS-34 mission patch

Back row: Williams and McCulley
Front row: Lucid, Chang-Díaz and Baker
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STS-34 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission using Atlantis. It was the 31st shuttle mission overall, and the fifth flight for Atlantis.[1] STS-34 launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on October 18, 1989, and landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on October 23, 1989. During the mission, the Jupiter-bound Galileo probe was deployed into space.

  1. ^ "STS-34 Press Kit" (PDF). NASA. October 1989. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 6, 2021. Retrieved January 6, 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.