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STS-61-B
Crew
Cleave
Neri Vela
O�Connor
Ross
Shaw
Spring
Walker
27 November 1985
00:28 GMT.
Duration
: 6.88 days.
Call Sign
: Atlantis.
Nation
: USA.
Agency
: NASA.
Launch Site
:
Cape Canaveral
.
Launch Complex
: LC39A.
Launch Vehicle
:
Shuttle
.
LV Configuration
: STS-31 (61-B). Program:
STS
. Class:
Manned
.
Type
: Spaceplane.
Spacecraft
:
Atlantis
.
Payload
: Atlantis F02 / EASE / ACCESS.
Mass
: 21,791 kg.
Perigee
: 361 km.
Apogee
: 370 km.
Inclination
: 28.5 deg.
Period
: 91.9 min. References:
1
,
2
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
33
.
STS-61-B
- Langle view of the Shuttle Erectable Antenna
Credit: NASA. 38,419 bytes. 324 x 324 pixels.
