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STS-3
Crew
Fullerton
Lousma
22 March 1982
16:00 GMT.
Duration
: 8.00 days.
Call Sign
: Columbia.
Nation
: USA.
Agency
: NASA.
Launch Site
:
Cape Canaveral
.
Launch Complex
: LC39A.
Launch Vehicle
:
Shuttle
.
LV Configuration
: STS-03 (OFT-3). Program:
STS
. Class:
Manned
.
Type
: Spaceplane.
Spacecraft
:
Columbia
.
Payload
: Columbia F03 / OSS-1.
Mass
: 10,301 kg.
Perigee
: 241 km.
Apogee
: 249 km.
Inclination
: 38.0 deg.
Period
: 89.4 min. References:
1
,
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,
5
,
6
,
7
,
33
.
STS-3
- Air-to-air views of STS-3 launch from T-38 chase aircraft
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