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| - Studies of the sun, the upper reaches of Earth's atmosphere and astronomical objects using an international array of instruments in Atlantis' cargo bay will highlight Shuttle Mission STS-45.
Atlantis will carry the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science-1 (ATLAS-1), 12 instruments from the United States, France, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Japan, that will conduct 13 experiments to study the chemistry of the atmosphere, solar radiation, space plasma physics and ultraviolet astronomy. ATLAS-1 is planned to be the first of several ATLAS flights designed to cover an entire 11-year solar cycle, the regular period of energetic activity by the sun. Co- manifested with ATLAS-1 is the Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Instrument (SSBUV), which provides highly calibrated measurements of ozone to fine-tune measurements made by other NASA and NOAA satellites.
[Summary provided by NASA]
Group: Platform_Details
Entry_ID: STS-45
Group: Platform_Identification
Platform_Category: Space Stations/Manned Spacecraft
Platform_Series_or_Entity: SPACE SHUTTLE
Short_Name: STS-45
Long_Name: Space Transport System STS-45
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Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names
Short_Name: Atlantis
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Group: Orbit
Orbit_Altitude: 160nm
Orbit_Inclination: 57.0 degrees
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Creation_Date: 2008-01-29
Online_Resource: http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-45/mission-sts-45.html
Sample_Image: http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/134440main_sts-45-crew-sm.jpg
Group: Platform_Logistics
Launch_Date: 1992-03-24
Launch_Site: Cape Canaveral/Kennedy Space Center, USA
Primary_Sponsor: NASA
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