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.

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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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