STS-33
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STS-33 was a 1989 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission primarily dedicated to deploying a classified U.S. Department of Defense payload.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA spaceflight
ⓘ
Space Shuttle mission ⓘ |
| agency | National Aeronautics and Space Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| callsign | Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commander | Frederick D. Gregory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewSize | 5 ⓘ |
| followedBy | STS-32 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1989-11-27 ⓘ |
| landingMass | 96,000 kilograms (approximate orbiter mass at landing) ⓘ |
| landingRunway | Runway 04 ⓘ |
| landingSite | Edwards Air Force Base NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landingSiteCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1989-11-22 ⓘ |
| launchMass | 116,000 kilograms (approximate orbiter mass at launch) ⓘ |
| launchSite | Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchSiteCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchTimeUTC | 00:23:00 ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Space Shuttle Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionDuration | 4 days 0 hours 6 minutes ⓘ |
| missionDurationDays | 4.00 ⓘ |
| missionNumber | 32nd Space Shuttle mission ⓘ |
| missionOutcome | success ⓘ |
| missionPatch | STS-33 mission insignia ⓘ |
| missionSpecialist |
F. Story Musgrave
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kathryn C. Thornton NERFINISHED ⓘ Manley L. Carter Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionType | Department of Defense mission ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
payload details remained classified
ⓘ
third Space Shuttle mission dedicated primarily to the U.S. Department of Defense ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitApogee | 519 kilometers ⓘ |
| orbiter | Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbitInclination | 28.45 degrees ⓘ |
| orbitPerigee | 204 kilometers ⓘ |
| orbitPeriod | 94.20 minutes ⓘ |
| orbitsCompleted | 79 ⓘ |
| payloadType | classified military satellite ⓘ |
| pilot | John E. Blaha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | STS-34 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryObjective | deployment of classified U.S. Department of Defense payload ⓘ |
| program |
NASA Space Shuttle program
ⓘ
surface form:
Space Shuttle program
|
| reentry | successful ⓘ |
| spacecraft | Space Shuttle Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfLaunch | 1989 ⓘ |
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