STS-45

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STS-45 was a 1992 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission focused on atmospheric and solar science as part of the ATLAS-1 payload.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA spaceflight
Space Shuttle Atlantis mission
Space Shuttle mission
ATLASSeries ATLAS-1
ATLASSeriesRole first mission in the ATLAS series
commander Charles F. Bolden Jr.
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crewSize 7
firstFlightOf ATLAS-1 payload
followedBy STS-49
landingDate 1992-04-02
landingSite Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility
launchDate 1992-03-24
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
launchVehicle Space Shuttle Atlantis
missionDuration 8 days 22 hours 09 minutes
missionName STS-45 self-link
missionSpecialist David C. Leestma
Kathryn D. Sullivan
Michael Foale
missionType atmospheric science mission
microgravity research mission
solar science mission
operator NASA
orbitApogee 306 kilometers
orbiter Atlantis
orbitInclination 57.0 degrees
orbitPerigee 296 kilometers
orbitPeriod 90.5 minutes
orbitsCompleted 143
payload ATLAS-1
Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor
Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy experiment
Getaway Special canisters
surface form: Get Away Special canisters

Grille spectrometer
Millimeter Wave Atmospheric Sounder
Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet instrument
Solar Spectrum Measurement instrument
Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
payloadSpecialist Byron K. Lichtenberg
Dirk Frimout
pilot Brian Duffy
precededBy STS-42
primaryObjective conduct atmospheric and solar science as part of ATLAS-1
program NASA Space Shuttle program
surface form: Space Shuttle program
secondaryObjective conduct microgravity and technology experiments
spaceAgency NASA
spacecraft Space Shuttle Atlantis
yearOfMission 1992

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STS-42 followedBy STS-45
STS-45 missionName STS-45 self-link
Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science 1 carriedOn STS-45
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle mission STS-45
Michael Foale spaceMission STS-45
OV-104 performedMission STS-45
David C. Leestma spaceFlight STS-45
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-45
STS-49 precededBy STS-45