Space Transport System STS-2
Mission Objectives:
Demonstrate safe re-launch and safe return of the orbiter and crew. Verify the combined performance of the entire shuttle vehicle - orbiter, solid rocket boosters and external tank.
Payloads included the Orbital Flight Test Pallet consisting of the Measurement of Air Pollution from Satellite (MAPS) experiment, the Shuttle Multispectral Infrared Radiometer (SMIRR) experiment, the Shuttle Imaging Radar (SIR-A) experiment, the Features Identification and Location Experiment (FILE) and the Ocean Color Experimetn (OCE). Also included was the 11,048 lb Development Flight Instrumentation (DFI) pallet, the Aerodynamic Coefficient Identification Package (ACIP), the Induced Environment Contamination Monitor (IECM) and the 5,395 lb Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications Pallet (OSTA-1).
[Summary provided by NASA]
Group: Platform_Details
Entry_ID: STS-2
Group: Platform_Identification
Platform_Category: Space Stations/Manned Spacecraft
Platform_Series_or_Entity: SPACE SHUTTLE
Short_Name: STS-2
Long_Name: Space Transport System STS-2
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Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names
Short_Name: columbia
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Group: Orbit
Orbit_Altitude: 291
Orbit_Inclination: 38.03
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Creation_Date: 2008-01-28
Online_Resource: http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-2/mission-sts-2.html
Sample_Image: http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-2/sts-2-patch.jpg
Group: Platform_Logistics
Launch_Date: 1981-11-12
Primary_Sponsor: NASA
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