STS-75

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STS-75 was a 1996 NASA Space Shuttle Columbia mission notable for the Tethered Satellite System experiment, which studied electrodynamic effects in the upper atmosphere.

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instanceOf NASA spaceflight
Space Shuttle mission
commander Andrew M. Allen NERFINISHED
crewSize 7
followedBy STS-76 NERFINISHED
inclination 28.5 degrees
internationalParticipation European Space Agency NERFINISHED
Italian Space Agency NERFINISHED
landingDate 1996-03-09
landingSite Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility NERFINISHED
launchDate 1996-02-22
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B NERFINISHED
launchVehicle Space Shuttle Columbia NERFINISHED
missionDuration 15 days
17 hours
41 minutes
missionNumber 75
missionPatch STS-75 mission patch
missionSpecialist Claude Nicollier NERFINISHED
Franklin R. Chang-Díaz NERFINISHED
Jeffrey A. Hoffman NERFINISHED
Maurizio Cheli NERFINISHED
notableFor Tethered Satellite System electrodynamic experiment NERFINISHED
tether break anomaly
objective conduct microgravity research
investigate tethered satellite dynamics
study electrodynamic effects in the upper atmosphere
operator NASA
orbiter Columbia NERFINISHED
orbitRegime Low Earth orbit NERFINISHED
orbitsCompleted 252
payloadCommander Jeffrey A. Hoffman NERFINISHED
payloadSpecialist Umberto Guidoni NERFINISHED
pilot Scott J. Horowitz NERFINISHED
precededBy STS-72 NERFINISHED
primaryExperiment Tethered Satellite System experiment NERFINISHED
primaryPayload Tethered Satellite System Reflight NERFINISHED
program NASA Space Shuttle program
surface form: Space Shuttle program
researchField electrodynamics
microgravity science
space plasma physics
spacecraft Space Shuttle Columbia NERFINISHED
tetherBreakDistance 19.7 kilometers deployed
tetheredSatellite TSS-1R NERFINISHED
tetherLength 20.7 kilometers
tetherStatus tether broke during deployment
tssDesignation Tethered Satellite System Reflight (TSS-1R) NERFINISHED
yearOfSpaceflight 1996

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