Vance D. Brand – STS-5

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Vance D. Brand – STS-5 was the fifth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the first operational flight of the Shuttle program, commanded by astronaut Vance D. Brand aboard Columbia in November 1982.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
STS-5 0
Vance D. Brand 0
Vance D. Brand – STS-35 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA Space Shuttle mission
Space Shuttle Columbia mission
human astronaut
commandedMission STS-5 NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crewSize 4
evaCancellationReason space suit problems
evaPerformed no
evaPlanned yes
landingDate 1982-11-16
November 16, 1982
landingRunway Runway 22 NERFINISHED
landingSite Edwards Air Force Base NERFINISHED
launchDate 1982-11-11
November 11, 1982
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
LC-39A NERFINISHED
launchVehicle Space Shuttle Columbia NERFINISHED
missionCommander Vance D. Brand NERFINISHED
missionDuration 5 days
about 122 hours
missionNumber 5
missionPatchFeature Space Shuttle Columbia in orbit
missionPatchShape circular
missionSpecialist Joseph P. Allen NERFINISHED
William B. Lenoir NERFINISHED
nextMission STS-6 NERFINISHED
notableFeature first Space Shuttle mission to carry a four-person crew
first commercial satellite deployments by the Space Shuttle
first fully operational Space Shuttle mission
operator NASA
orbitApogee approximately 307 km
orbiterFirstOperationalFlight Columbia NERFINISHED
orbitInclination 28.5 degrees
orbitPerigee approximately 296 km
orbitPeriod about 90 minutes
payload Anik C3 communications satellite NERFINISHED
SBS-3 communications satellite NERFINISHED
payloadBayConfiguration two commercial communications satellites with Payload Assist Modules (PAM-D)
pilot Robert F. Overmyer NERFINISHED
previousMission STS-4 NERFINISHED
primaryMissionType operational deployment of commercial communications satellites
program NASA Space Shuttle program
surface form: Space Shuttle program
roleInMission STS-5 mission commander NERFINISHED
spaceAgency NASA
spaceShuttleOrbiter Columbia NERFINISHED
spaceShuttleOrbiterDesignation OV-102 NERFINISHED
spaceShuttleProgramPhase first operational flight

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NASA Astronaut Group 6 memberFlewOnMission Vance D. Brand – STS-5
NASA Astronaut Group 6 memberFlewOnMission Vance D. Brand – STS-5
this entity surface form: Vance D. Brand – STS-35