Space Transport System STS-41
Mission Highlights:
Three satellites deployed: Satellite Business System SBS-D, SYNCOM IV-2 (also known as LEASAT2) and TELSTAR. The 102- foot-tall, 13-loot-wide Office of Application and Space Technology (OAST-1) solar wing extended from payload bay. Wing carried different types of solar cells and extended to full height several times. It demonstrated large lightweight solar arrays for future in building large facilities in space such as Space Station. Other payloads: Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System (CFES) Ill; Radiation Monitoring Equipment (RME); Shuttle Student Involvement Program (SSIP) experiment; lMAX camera, being flown second time; and an Air Force experiment, Cloud Logic to Optimize Use of Defense Systems (CLOUDS).
[Summary provided by NASA]
Group: Platform_Details
Entry_ID: STS-41
Group: Platform_Identification
Platform_Category: Space Stations/Manned Spacecraft
Platform_Series_or_Entity: SPACE SHUTTLE
Short_Name: STS-41
Long_Name: Space Transport System STS-41
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Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names
Short_Name: discovery
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Group: Orbit
Orbit_Inclination: 28.45
Repeat_Cycle: 4
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Creation_Date: 2008-01-28
Online_Resource: http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/
Sample_Image: http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-41/sts-41-patch-small.gif
Group: Platform_Logistics
Launch_Date: 1984-08-30
Launch_Site: Cape Canaveral/Kennedy Space Center, USA
Primary_Sponsor: NASA
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