STS-5

STS-5

The SBS-3 satellite with attached PAM-D motor is deployed from Columbia.
Names	Space Transportation System-5
Mission type	Communications satellites deployment
Operator	NASA
COSPAR ID	1982-110A
SATCAT no.	13650
Mission duration	5 days, 2 hours, 14 minutes, 26 seconds (achieved)
Distance travelled	3,397,082 km (2,110,849 mi)
Orbits completed	81
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Space Shuttle Columbia
Launch mass	112,088 kg (247,112 lb)
Landing mass	91,841 kg (202,475 lb)
Payload mass	14,551 kg (32,079 lb)
Crew
Crew size	4
Members	Vance D. Brand Robert F. Overmyer Joseph P. Allen William B. Lenoir
Start of mission
Launch date	November 11, 1982, 12:19:00 UTC
Rocket	Space Shuttle Columbia (mission 5)
Launch site	Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A
Contractor	Rockwell International
End of mission
Landing date	November 16, 1982, 14:33:26 UTC
Landing site	Edwards Air Force Base, Runway 22
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit[1]
Regime	Low Earth orbit
Perigee altitude	294 km (183 mi)
Apogee altitude	317 km (197 mi)
Inclination	28.50°
Period	90.50 minutes
STS-5 mission patch Allen, Brand, Overmyer, and Lenoir Space Shuttle program ← STS-4 STS-6 →

STS-5 was the fifth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the fifth flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia. It launched on November 11, 1982, and landed five days later on November 16, 1982. STS-5 was the first Space Shuttle mission to deploy communications satellites into orbit, and the first officially "operational" Space Shuttle mission.