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SPAS-01

Free-flying observatory carried on Space Shuttle mission STS-7. SPAS-01 was launched on June 18, 1983 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: attached to another object (Jun 22, 1983).

COSPAR 1983-059FNORAD 14142Germany

Identity

Name in GCAT: SPAS 1
Common name: SPAS-01
International designator: 1983-059F
NORAD catalog number: 14142
GCAT identifier: S14142
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/096

Mission

Mission type: Microgravity
Use: Commercial
Program: SPAS
Owner: MBB
Country: Germany
Builder: MBB
Platform (bus): SPAS

Launch

Date: June 18, 1983 · 11:33 UTC
Launch record: 1983-059Success
Rocket: Space Shuttle
Spaceport: Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LLEO/I
Perigee: 291 km
Apogee: 296 km
Inclination: 28.46°
Status: Attached to another object
Status date: June 22, 1983
Last known active: Jun 23, 1983
End of operations: Jun 23, 1983

Size

Mass: 1,448 kg
Dry mass: 1,448 kg
Length: 4.8 m
Diameter: 1.50 m
Span: 4.8 m

Launched together

STS-7Human spaceflight · NASA JSC Telesat 6Communications · Telesat Palapa B1Communications · Perumtel

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q115760990 (CC0).