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.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA spaceflight
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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
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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
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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
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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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