STS-77

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STS-77

- 1996 May 19 - - 10:30 GMT. Nation: USA. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC39B. Launch Vehicle: Shuttle . LV Configuration: STS-77.

STS-77 Program: STS. Payload: Endeavour F10 / GBA-9. Mass: 12,233 kg. Class: Manned. Type: Spaceplane. Spacecraft: Endeavour. Agency: NASA-JSC. Perigee: 274 km. Apogee: 285 km. Inclination: 39.0 deg. Period: 90.1 min. COSPAR: 1996-032A. Duration: 10.03 days. Flight Crew: Brown, Bursch, Casper, Garneau, Runco, Thomas Andrew. Manned flight: STS-77.
Deployed and retrieved Spartan 2; deployed PAMS-STU; carried Spacehab module. Payloads: Shuttle Pointed Research Tool for Astronomy (SPARTAN) 207/Inflatable Antenna Experiment (IAE); Technology Experiments Advancing Missions in Space (TEAMS) 01 (includes Vented Tank Resupply Experiment (VTRE), Global Positioning System (GPS) Attitude and Navigation Experiment (GANE) (RME 1316), Liquid Metal Test Experiment (LMTE) and Passive Aerodynami-cally Stabilized Magnetically Damped Satellite (PAMS) Satellite Test Unit (STU); SPACEHAB-4; Brilliant Eyes Ten-Kelvin Sorption Cryocooler Experiment (BETSCE); 12 getaway specials attached to a GAS bridge assembly (GAS 056, 063, 142, 144, 163, 200, 490, 564, 565, 703, 741 and the Reduced-Fill Tank Pressure Control Experiment (RFTPCE); Aquatic Research Facility (ARF) 01; Biological Research in Canisters (BRIC) 07, Block III.
Orbits of Earth: 161. Distance traveled: 6,598,310 km. Orbiter Liftoff Mass: 115,456 kg. Orbiter Mass at Landing: 100,415 kg. Payload to Orbit: 12,233 kg. Payload Returned: 11,860 kg. Landed at: Concrete runway 33 at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. References: 4 , 6 , 7 , 276 .

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