STS-61-B
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STS-61-B was a NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission flown in November 1985 that deployed multiple communications satellites and conducted spacewalk experiments as part of the early shuttle program.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA spaceflight
ⓘ
Space Shuttle mission ⓘ |
| callsign | Atlantis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commander | Brewster H. Shaw Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conducted | spacewalk experiments ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewSize | 7 ⓘ |
| deployedSatellite |
AUSSAT-2
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
MORELOS-B NERFINISHED ⓘ SATCOM K-2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| EVA | 2 spacewalks ⓘ |
| EVABy |
Jerry L. Ross
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sherwood C. Spring NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| EVAObjective |
Assembly Concept for Construction of Erectable Space Structures (ACCESS)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Experimental Assembly of Structures in EVA (EASE) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstFlightOf |
Bryan D. O'Connor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jerry L. Ross NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary L. Cleave NERFINISHED ⓘ Rodolfo Neri Vela NERFINISHED ⓘ Sherwood C. Spring NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | STS-61-C ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1985-12-03 ⓘ |
| landingSite | Edwards Air Force Base NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1985-11-26 ⓘ |
| launchMass | about 116,000 kg ⓘ |
| launchSite | Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Atlantis OV-104 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionDuration | 6 days 21 hours 4 minutes ⓘ |
| missionNumber |
23rd Space Shuttle mission
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2nd flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis ⓘ |
| missionPatch | STS-61-B mission patch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionSpecialist |
Jerry L. Ross
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mary L. Cleave NERFINISHED ⓘ Sherwood C. Spring NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionType |
satellite deployment mission
ⓘ
technology demonstration mission ⓘ |
| notable | first Mexican astronaut in space ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitApogee | 362 km ⓘ |
| orbitInclination | 28.45 degrees ⓘ |
| orbitPerigee | 352 km ⓘ |
| orbitPeriod | 91.6 minutes ⓘ |
| payload | EASE/ACCESS experiments ⓘ |
| payloadSpecialist |
Charles D. Walker
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rodolfo Neri Vela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pilot | Bryan D. O'Connor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | STS-61-A NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| program |
NASA Space Shuttle program
ⓘ
surface form:
Space Shuttle program
|
| spacecraft | Space Shuttle Atlantis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| year | 1985 ⓘ |
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