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STS-31
Crew
Bolden
Hawley
McCandless
Shriver
Sullivan
24 April 1990
12:28 GMT.
Duration
: 5.05 days.
Call Sign
: Discovery.
Nation
: USA.
Agency
: NASA.
Launch Site
:
Cape Canaveral
.
Launch Complex
: LC39B.
Launch Vehicle
:
Shuttle
.
LV Configuration
: STS-31R. Program:
STS
. Class:
Manned
.
Type
: Spaceplane.
Spacecraft
:
Discovery
.
Payload
: Discovery F10 / Hubble Space Telescope.
Mass
: 13,005 kg.
Perigee
: 585 km.
Apogee
: 615 km.
Inclination
: 28.5 deg.
Period
: 96.7 min. References:
1
,
2
,
5
,
6
,
7
.
STS-31
- STS-31 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, lifts off from KSC LC Pad 39B
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