sts 43 Mission: TDRS-E; SSBUV-03; SHARE-II Space Shuttle: Atlantis Launch Pad: 39A Launch Weight: 259374 pounds Launched: August 2, 1991, 11:01:59 am EDT Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida Landing: August 11, 1991, 8:23:25 am EDT Landing Weight: 196088 pounds Runway: 15 Rollout Distance: 9890 feet Rollout Time: 60 seconds Revolution: 142 Mission Duration: 8 days, 21 hours, 21 minutes, 25 seconds Orbit Altitude: 174 nautical miles Orbit Inclination: 28.45 degrees Miles Traveled: 3.7 million The launch was originally set for July 23, but was moved to July 24 to allow time to replace a faulty integrated electronics assembly that controls orbiter/external tank separation. The mission was postponed again about five hours before liftoff on July 24 due to a faulty main engine controller on the number three main engine. The controller was replaced and retested; launch was reset for August 1. Liftoff set for 11:01 am delayed due to cabin pressure vent valve reading and postponed at 12:28 pm due to unacceptable return-to-launch site weather conditions. Launch reset for August 2. The primary payload, Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-5 (TDRS-5) was attached to an inertial Upper Stage (IUS), and deployed about six hours into flight, the IUS propelled the satellite into geosynchronous orbit; TDRS-5 becomes the fourth member of the orbiting TDRS cluster. Secondary payloads were Space Station Heat Pipe Advanced Radiator Element II (SHARE II); Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultra ...
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