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Classified payload
19 related topics
Overview
13 related topics
Preparations and launch
2 related topics
Landing
1 related topics
Key facts & relationships
High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.
- Apogee altitude
- 269 km (167 mi)
- Contractor
- Rockwell International
- COSPAR ID
- 1990-097A
- Crew size
- 5
- Distance travelled
- 3,291,199 km (2,045,056 mi)
- Inclination
- 28.45°
Topics to explore
A structured outline of related entities, concepts and subtopics. Open any item to build a new map centered on it.Browse the full topic structure. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.
Overview
- Space Shuttle
- NASA
- Space Shuttle Atlantis
- Classified Classified information in the United States
- U.S. Department of Defense United States Department of Defense
- Kennedy Space Center
- Shuttle Landing Facility
- Hydrogen leak Hydrogen leak testing
- Columbia Space Shuttle Columbia
- STS-35
- Orbiter Processing Facility
- EST Eastern Time Zone
- STS-51-D
Preparations and launch
- Liquid hydrogen
- Flight Readiness Review Design review (U.S. government)
Classified payload
- Aviation Week
- Inclination Orbital inclination
- Equator
- Orbital maneuvering system Space Shuttle Orbital Maneuvering System
- Rocket motor Rocket engine
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- ELINT Signals intelligence
- Geosynchronous orbit
- Gulf War
- Magnum satellite Magnum (satellite)
- STS-51-C
- STS-33
- Inertial Upper Stage
- Satellite Data System
- Military communications satellite Communications satellite
- STS-28
- STS-53
- Payload Assist Module
- Prowler Prowler (satellite)
Landing
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Map overview Semantic statistics
Number of nodes, edges, triples, density and central hubs. Use it to gauge the size and connectivity of the map.STS-38
Nodes40
Edges39
Triples73
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.05
Components1
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STS-38
Top relations
related to Classified payload · 21
STS-38 → According, As, Atlantis, Aviation Week, ELINT, GTO, Gulf War, Inertial Upper Stage, It, IUS, Magnum, OMS, Satellite Data System, SDS-2, STS-28, STS-33, STS-51-C, STS-53, The, Today
related to Landing · 16
STS-38 → Atlantis, Continued, Discovery, Edwards Air Force Base, EST, Kennedy Space Center, KSC, Landing, November, Runway, Shuttle Landing Facility, SLF, STS-51-D, The, The SLF, UTC
Members · 5
STS-38 → Carl J. Meade, Charles D. Gemar, Frank L. Culbertson Jr., Richard O. Covey, Robert C. Springer
related to External links · 5
STS-38 → Archived July, Archived May, NASA, Wayback MachineAstronatix, Wayback MachineSTS-38 Video Highlights
related to Gallery · 2
STS-38 → Atlantis, Columbia
Apogee altitude · 1
STS-38 → 269 km (167 mi)
Contractor · 1
STS-38 → Rockwell International
COSPAR ID · 1
STS-38 → 1990-097A
Crew size · 1
STS-38 → 5
Distance travelled · 1
STS-38 → 3,291,199 km (2,045,056 mi)
Important terminology Word statistics
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Important terminology
atlantis launch mission space shuttle 1990 landing payload est kennedy orbit first classified november km mi sts-35 satellite 15 due
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STS-38 | Apogee altitude | 269 km (167 mi) | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-38 | Contractor | Rockwell International | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-38 | COSPAR ID | 1990-097A | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-38 | Crew size | 5 | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-38 | Distance travelled | 3,291,199 km (2,045,056 mi) | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-38 | Inclination | 28.45° | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-38 | Landing date | November 20, 1990, 21:42:46 (1990-11-20UTC21:42:47Z) UTC (4:42:46 pm EST) | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-38 | Landing mass | 86,677 kg (191,090 lb) | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-38 | Landing site | Kennedy, SLF Runway 33 | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-38 | Launch date | November 15, 1990, 23:48:15 (1990-11-15UTC23:48:15Z) UTC (6:48:15 pm EST) | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-38 | Launch mass | 2,055,639 kg (4,531,908 lb) | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-38 | Launch site | Kennedy, LC-39A | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-38 | Members | Richard O. Covey | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-38 | Members | Frank L. Culbertson Jr. | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-38 | Members | Carl J. Meade | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-38 | Members | Robert C. Springer | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-38 | Members | Charles D. Gemar | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-38 | Mission duration | 4 days, 21 hours, 54 minutes, 31 seconds | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-38 | Mission type | DoD satellite deployment | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-38 | Names | Space Transportation System-38 | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-38 | Operator | NASA | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-38 | Orbits completed | 79 | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-38 | Payload mass | (Classified) | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-38 | Perigee altitude | 260 km (160 mi) | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-38 | Period | 89.79 minutes | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-38 | Reference system | Geocentric orbit | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-38 | Regime | Low Earth orbit | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-38 | SATCAT no. | 20935 | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-38 | Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Atlantis | 1.00 | infobox |
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