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Launch Pad 39B
NASA
Kennedy Space Center
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Lift Off !
<EST>
14:46 November 19.
maximum 3G force
on astronauts |
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Solid Rocket Booster
(SRB) burn out
and separation
2minutes after liftoff
attitude 45km |
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External Tank
Separation
9 minutes after liftoff
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Orbit Insertion
Altitude 280km
Inclination 28.50o
Shuttle will circle the Earth
in 90 minutes
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On orbit Operation
USMP-4 Experiments
Deploy/retrieval of SPARTAN
Extravehicular Activity
(EVA)
<CST>
First EVA
6:02 p.m. Nov. 24. to 1:45 a.m. Nov. 25
(7 hour and 43 minute)
Second EVA
3:09 a.m. to 8:09 a.m. Dec. 3.
(4 hour and 49 minute) |
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Entry into Earth's
atmosphere
approximately 30 minutes
before landing |
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Landing
NASA Kennedy Space Center
<EST>
07:20, December 5 |
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