STS-41-D

STS-41-D
The experimental OAST-1 solar array in flight
NamesSpace Transportation System-12
Mission typeSatellites deployment
OperatorNASA
COSPAR ID1984-093A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.15234Edit this on Wikidata
Mission duration6 days, 56 minutes, 4 seconds
Distance travelled4,010,000 km (2,490,000 mi)
Orbits completed97
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSpace Shuttle Discovery
Launch mass119,511 kg (263,477 lb)
Landing mass91,418 kg (201,542 lb)
Payload mass18,681 kg (41,185 lb)
Crew
Crew size6
Members
Start of mission
Launch dateAugust 30, 1984, 12:41:50 (August 30, 1984, 12:41:50) UTC (8:41:50 am EDT)
Launch siteKennedy, LC-39A
ContractorRockwell International
End of mission
Landing dateSeptember 5, 1984, 13:37:54 (September 5, 1984, 13:37:54) UTC (6:37:54 am PDT)
Landing siteEdwards, Runway 17
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit[1]
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Perigee altitude346 km (215 mi)
Apogee altitude354 km (220 mi)
Inclination28.50°
Period90.60 minutes
Instruments
Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System (CFES)

STS-41-D mission patch

Back row: Walker and Resnik
Front row: Mullane, Hawley, Hartsfield and Coats
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STS-41-D (formerly STS-14) was the 12th flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program, and the first mission of Space Shuttle Discovery. It was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on August 30, 1984, and landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on September 5, 1984. Three commercial communications satellites were deployed into orbit during the six-day mission, and a number of scientific experiments were conducted, including a prototype extendable solar array that would eventually form the basis of the main solar arrays on the International Space Station (ISS).

The mission was delayed by more than two months from its original planned launch date, having experienced the Space Shuttle program's first launch abort at T-6 seconds on June 26, 1984.

  1. ^ "SATCAT". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved March 23, 2014.