STS-43

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STS-43 was a 1991 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission that deployed the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-E (TDRS-E) and conducted a variety of scientific and technological experiments in low Earth orbit.

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STS-43 canonical 4
STS-43 mission insignia 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA spaceflight
Space Shuttle mission
callsign Atlantis
commander John E. Blaha
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crewActivity Earth observation photography
materials science experiments
medical experiments
crewSize 5
landingDate 1991-08-11
landingSite Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility
launchDate 1991-08-02
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
launchVehicle Space Shuttle Atlantis
missionDuration 8 days 21 hours 21 minutes
missionOutcome success
missionPatch STS-43 self-linksurface differs
surface form: STS-43 mission insignia
missionPurpose deployment of Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-E
scientific experiments
technological experiments
missionSpecialist G. David Low
James C. Adamson
Shannon Lucid
surface form: Shannon W. Lucid
nextMission STS-48
notableExperiment Air Force Maui Optical Site (AMOS) observations
Protein Crystal Growth experiments
Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX)
Space Station Heat Pipe Advanced Radiator Element (SHARE)
notableTechnology early use of Space Station Freedom computer systems tests
operator NASA
orbit low Earth orbit
orbitApogee 394 km
orbitInclination 28.45 degrees
orbitPerigee 383 km
orbitsCompleted 142
payload Inertial Upper Stage
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B
surface form: Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-E
pilot Michael A. Baker
previousMission STS-40
programPhase post-Challenger return-to-flight era
spacecraft Space Shuttle Atlantis
spacecraftSerialNumber OV-104
spacecraftType orbiter
spaceShuttleProgram NASA Space Shuttle program
surface form: Space Shuttle program
tdrsDesignation Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B
surface form: TDRS-5
tdrsOrbit geosynchronous transfer orbit deployment
tdrsSeries Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B
surface form: TDRS-E
yearOfMission 1991

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Shannon Lucid spaceMission STS-43
STS-43 missionPatch STS-43 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: STS-43 mission insignia
OV-104 performedMission STS-43