STS-77

STS-77
The Inflatable Antenna Experiment in free flight
Mission typeMicrogravity research
OperatorNASA
COSPAR ID1996-032A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.23870
Mission duration10 days, 40 minutes, 10 seconds
Distance travelled6,600,000 kilometres (4,100,000 mi)
Orbits completed161
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSpace Shuttle Endeavour
Launch mass115,456 kilograms (254,537 lb)
Landing mass92,701 kilograms (204,371 lb)
Payload mass12,233 kilograms (26,969 lb)
Crew
Crew size6
Members
Start of mission
Launch date19 May 1996, 10:30:00.066 (1996-05-19UTC10:30Z) UTC
Launch siteKennedy, LC-39B
End of mission
Landing date29 May 1996, 11:09:18 (1996-05-29UTC11:09:19Z) UTC
Landing siteKennedy, SLF Runway 33
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude278 kilometres (173 mi)
Apogee altitude287 kilometres (178 mi)
Inclination39.0 degrees
Period90.1 min

Left to right – Seated: Brown, Casper; Standing, Bursch, Runco, Garneau, Thomas
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STS-77 was the 77th Space Shuttle mission and the 11th mission of the Space Shuttle Endeavour.[1] The mission began from launch pad 39B from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 19 May 1996 lasting 10 days and 40 minutes and completing 161 revolutions before landing on runway 33.[2] The defense and aerospace technology company L'Garde was responsible for the design and manufacture of the Antenna in the Inflatable Antenna Experiment, a key component of the STS-77 mission.[3]

  1. ^ Dumoulin, Jim (29 June 2001). "KSC STS-77". Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  2. ^ Ryba, Jeanne (23 November 2007). "Space Shuttle Mission Archives: STS-77". Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  3. ^ "NASA Report, Space Shuttle Mission STS-77". NASA. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.