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 The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory after deployment, photographed from Atlantis's flight deck. | |
| Names | Space Transportation System-37 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Satellite deployment |
| Operator | NASA |
| COSPAR ID | 1991-027A |
| SATCAT no. | 21224 |
| Mission duration | 5 days, 23 hours, 32 minutes, 44 seconds |
| Distance travelled | 2,487,075 mi (4,002,559 km) |
| Orbits completed | 93 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Atlantis |
| Launch mass | 116,040 kg (255,820 lb) |
| Landing mass | 86,227 kg (190,098 lb) |
| Payload mass | 17,204 kg (37,928 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 5 |
| Members | |
| EVAs | 2 |
| EVA duration | 10 hours, 29 minutes First: 4 hours, 32 minute Second: 5 hours, 57 minutes |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | April 5, 1991, 14:22:45 UTC |
| Rocket | Space Shuttle Atlantis |
| Launch site | Kennedy Space Center, LC-39B |
| Contractor | Rockwell International |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | April 11, 1991, 13:55:29 UTC |
| Landing site | Edwards Air Force Base, Runway 33 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Perigee altitude | 450 km (280 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 462 km (287 mi) |
| Inclination | 28.45° |
| Period | 93.70 minutes |
| Instruments | |
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 STS-37 mission patch  Back row: Jerome Apt, Jerry L. Ross Seated: Kenneth D. Cameron, Steven R. Nagel, Linda M. Godwin | |
STS-37, the thirty-ninth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the eighth flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, was a six-day mission with the primary objective of launching the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO), the second of the Great Observatories program which included the visible-spectrum Hubble Space Telescope (HST), the Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO) and the infrared Spitzer Space Telescope.[1] The mission also featured two spacewalks, the first since 1985.
- ^ "SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION STS-37 PRESS KIT" (PDF). NASA. April 1991. Retrieved July 1, 2011.
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