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STS-6
Crew
Bobko
Musgrave
Peterson
Weitz
04 April 1983
18:30 GMT.
Duration
: 5.02 days.
Call Sign
: Challenger.
Nation
: USA.
Agency
: NASA.
Launch Site
:
Cape Canaveral
.
Launch Complex
: LC39A.
Launch Vehicle
:
Shuttle
.
LV Configuration
: STS-6. Program:
STS
. Class:
Manned
.
Type
: Spaceplane.
Spacecraft
:
Challenger
.
Payload
: Challenger F01 / TDRS 1 [IUS].
Mass
: 21,305 kg.
Perigee
: 288 km.
Apogee
: 295 km.
Inclination
: 28.5 deg.
Period
: 90.4 min. References:
1
,
2
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
33
.
STS-6
- Deployment of the TDRS by STS-6 Challenger
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