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Lockheed Space Operations CompanySpace ShuttleLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
STS-45
Launched
March 24, 1992
Summary
STS-45 launched on a Lockheed Space Operations Company Space Shuttle from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on March 24, 1992. It was Lockheed Space Operations Company's 37th launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 3,704th orbital launch attempt. It was the 46th Space Shuttle flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). It reached a 290 × 302 km orbit inclined 57.0°. 7 crew members flew: Dirk Frimout, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Charles Bolden, David Leestma, Brian Duffy, Michael Foale and Byron K. Lichtenberg. The spacecraft was Space Shuttle Atlantis (OV-104). One object from this launch is catalogued.
- Watch
- STS-45 launch & landing (3-24-92)3210andLiftoff
- Vehicle
- Space Shuttle · Lockheed Space Operations CompanySpace Shuttle
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 46th Space Shuttle flight · 2nd this yearLockheed Space Operations Company's 37th launch2nd this yearhumanity's 3,704th orbital launch attempt16th orbital launch attempt this year
Crew
Dirk FrimoutPayload Specialist · ESA · age 51 · first flight
Kathryn D. SullivanMission Specialist · NASA · age 40 · 3rd flight
Charles BoldenCommander · NASA · age 45 · 3rd flight
David LeestmaMission Specialist · NASA · age 42 · 3rd flight
Brian DuffyPilot · NASA · age 38 · first flight
Michael FoaleMission Specialist · NASA · age 35 · first flight
Byron K. LichtenbergPayload Specialist · NASA · age 44 · 2nd flight
Spacecraft
Space Shuttle Atlantis (OV-104)
Space Shuttle Atlantis (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV‑104) is a Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle belonging to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the spaceflight and space exploration agency of the United States. Constructed by the Rockwell International company in Southern California and delivered to the Kennedy Space Center in Eastern Florida in April 1985, Atlantis is the fourth operational and the second-to-last Space Shuttle built. Its maiden flight was STS-51-J from 3 to 7 October 1985. Atlantis embarked on its 33rd and final mission, also the final mission of a space shuttle, STS-135, on 8 July 2011. STS-134 by Endeavour was expected to be the final flight before STS-135 was authorized in October 2010. STS-135 took advantage of the processing for the STS-335 Launch On Need mission that would have been necessary if STS-134's crew became stranded in orbit. Atlantis landed for the final time at the Kennedy Space Center on 21 July 2011. By the end of its final mission, Atlantis had orbited the Earth a total of 4,848 times, traveling nearly 126,000,000 mi (203,000,000 km) or more than 525 times the distance from the Earth to the Moon.
- Destination: Low Earth Orbit
- Mission length: 8 days 22 hours
Space Shuttle Atlantis successfully landed at the Shuttle Landing Facility after this mission.
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Atlantis (STS-45) · NORAD 21915 · 1992-015 · Space-Track
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1992-015A
- Epoch
- 1992-03-24 13:09:54 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.94772959 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0009026
- Inclination
- 56.9973°
- Ascending node
- 280.6779°
- Arg. of perigee
- 207.4264°
- Mean anomaly
- 152.6341°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0.00025599
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
1 catalogued: 1 payload; none still in orbit
- Atlantis (STS-45) · NORAD 21915 · landed April 2, 1992
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
STS-45 was a 1992 Space Shuttle mission using the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Its almost nine-day scientific mission was with a non-deployable payload of instruments. It was the 46th Space Shuttle mission and the 11th for Atlantis.
Pad
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
45th launch from Launch Complex 39A, 2nd this year · 63rd from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
61 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did STS-45 launch?
STS-45 launched on March 24, 1992. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch STS-45?
Coverage: STS-45 launch & landing (3-24-92). Watch the replay
What rocket launched STS-45?
Space Shuttle, flown by Lockheed Space Operations Company. Space Shuttle spec sheet
Where did STS-45 launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
What orbit did STS-45 reach?
It reached a 290 × 302 km orbit inclined 57.0°.
Which program is STS-45 part of?
Space Shuttle. About Space Shuttle