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Mission plan and payloads

TDRS-B Inertial Upper Stage STS-6 STS-51-L Indian Space Research Organisation

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Mission summary

Solid rocket boosters Mobile Launcher Platform External tank Kennedy Space Center Orbiter Processing Facility

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Crew

Mission specialists STS-7 STS-2 Approach and Landing Tests Enterprise

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Overview

NASA Space Shuttle Space Shuttle Challenger Space Shuttle program African-American

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Apogee altitude: 356 km (221 mi)
Contractor: Rockwell International
COSPAR ID: 1983-089A
Crew size: 5
Distance travelled: 4,046,660 km (2,514,480 mi)
Inclination: 28.51°

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Post-flight safety analysis

Scientific results

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STS-8

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related to Bibliography · 35

STS-8 → April, August, Ben, David, Dennis, Disasters, Evans, III, ISBN, January, Jenkins, Major NASA, Midland, NASA, November, Orloff, PDF, Press Kit, Richard, Rockwell International

related to Mission plan and payloads · 31

STS-8 → After, An, April, Delta, Geostationary, GTO, However, Indian, Indian Space Research Organisation, Inertial Upper Stage, INSAT-1A, INSAT-1B, ISRO, It, IUS, January, July, May, NASA, PAM-D

Members · 5

STS-8 → Dale Gardner, Daniel Brandenstein, Guion Bluford, Richard Truly, William E. Thornton

related to External links · 5

STS-8 → Archived June, Archived October, Space CenterSTS-8, Wayback Machine NASA Kennedy, Wayback Machine NSS

Apogee altitude · 1

STS-8 → 356 km (221 mi)

Contractor · 1

STS-8 → Rockwell International

COSPAR ID · 1

STS-8 → 1983-089A

Crew size · 1

STS-8 → 5

Distance travelled · 1

STS-8 → 4,046,660 km (2,514,480 mi)

Inclination · 1

STS-8 → 28.51°

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mission launch 1983 space system shuttle challenger satellite nasa crew orbiter flight first payload carried landing september would insat-1b communications

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Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
STS-8	Apogee altitude	356 km (221 mi)	1.00	infobox
STS-8	Contractor	Rockwell International	1.00	infobox
STS-8	COSPAR ID	1983-089A	1.00	infobox
STS-8	Crew size	5	1.00	infobox
STS-8	Distance travelled	4,046,660 km (2,514,480 mi)	1.00	infobox
STS-8	Inclination	28.51°	1.00	infobox
STS-8	Landing date	September 5, 1983, 07:40:43 (1983-09-05UTC07:40:44Z) UTC (12:40:43 am PDT)	1.00	infobox
STS-8	Landing mass	92,508 kg (203,945 lb)	1.00	infobox
STS-8	Landing site	Edwards, Runway 22	1.00	infobox
STS-8	Launch date	August 30, 1983, 06:32:00 (1983-08-30UTC06:32Z) UTC (2:32 am EDT)	1.00	infobox
STS-8	Launch mass	110,108 kg (242,747 lb)	1.00	infobox
STS-8	Launch site	Kennedy, LC-39A	1.00	infobox
STS-8	Members	Richard Truly	1.00	infobox
STS-8	Members	Daniel Brandenstein	1.00	infobox
STS-8	Members	Guion Bluford	1.00	infobox
STS-8	Members	Dale Gardner	1.00	infobox
STS-8	Members	William E. Thornton	1.00	infobox
STS-8	Mission duration	6 days, 1 hour, 8 minutes, 43 seconds	1.00	infobox
STS-8	Mission type	Communications satellite deployment	1.00	infobox
STS-8	Names	Space Transportation System-8	1.00	infobox
STS-8	Operator	NASA	1.00	infobox
STS-8	Orbits completed	98	1.00	infobox
STS-8	Payload mass	12,011 kg (26,480 lb)	1.00	infobox
STS-8	Perigee altitude	348 km (216 mi)	1.00	infobox
STS-8	Period	90.60 minutes	1.00	infobox
STS-8	Reference system	Geocentric orbit	1.00	infobox
STS-8	Regime	Low Earth orbit	1.00	infobox
STS-8	SATCAT no.	14312	1.00	infobox
STS-8	Spacecraft	Space Shuttle Challenger	1.00	infobox

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