STS-45

STS-45
Components of the ATLAS-1 laboratory in the payload bay of Atlantis
NamesSpace Transportation System-45
Mission typeATLAS-1 astronomy research
OperatorNASA
COSPAR ID1992-015A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.21915Edit this on Wikidata
Mission duration8 days, 22 hours, 9 minutes, 27 seconds
Distance travelled5,211,340 km (3,238,180 mi)
Orbits completed143
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSpace Shuttle Atlantis
Launch mass105,982 kg (233,650 lb)
Landing mass93,009 kg (205,050 lb)
Payload mass9,947 kg (21,929 lb)
Crew
Crew size7
Members
Start of mission
Launch dateMarch 24, 1992, 13:13:39 (March 24, 1992, 13:13:39) UTC (8:13:39 am EST)
Launch siteKennedy, LC-39A
ContractorRockwell International
End of mission
Landing dateApril 2, 1992, 11:23:06 (April 2, 1992, 11:23:06) UTC (6:23:06 am EST)
Landing siteKennedy, SLF Runway 33
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Perigee altitude282 km (175 mi)
Apogee altitude294 km (183 mi)
Inclination57.00°
Period90.30 minutes
Instruments
  • Active Cavity Radiometer (ACR)
  • Atmospheric Emissions Photometric Imager (AEPI)
  • Atmospheric Lyman-Alpha Emissions (ALAE)
  • Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy (ATMOS)
  • Far Ultraviolet Space Telescope (FAUST)
  • Grille Spectrometer
  • Imaging Spectrometric Observatory (ISO)
  • Millimeter Wave Atmospheric Sounder (MAS)
  • Space Experiments with Particle Accelerators (SEPAC)
  • Measurement of Solar Constant (SOLCON)
  • Solar Spectrum (SOLSPEC])
  • Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor (SUSIM)

STS-45 mission patch

Standing: Lichtenberg, Foale, Leestma, Sullivan and Frimout
Seated: Duffy and Bolden
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STS-45 was a 1992 NASA Space Shuttle mission using the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Its almost nine-day scientific mission was with a non-deployable payload of instruments. It was the 46th Space Shuttle mission and the 11th for Atlantis.