Merritt Island, Florida, USA, 28th April,1991 Space Shuttle "Discovery" lifts off from launch pad 39A on a column of fire enroute to low Earth obit. Mission: Department of Defense, AFP-675; IBSS; SPAS-II infrared satellite Space Shuttle: Discovery Launch Pad: 39A Launched: April 28, 1991, 7:33:14 EDT Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida Landing: May 6, 1991, 2:55:37 EDT Mission Duration: 8 days, 7 hours, 22 minutes, 23 seconds Orbit Altitude: 190 nautical miles Orbit Inclination: 57 degrees Credit: Mark Reinsten
Merritt Island, Florida. 4-28-1991 Space Shuttle "Discovery" lifts off from launch pad 39A on a column of fire enroute to low Earth obit. Mission: Department of Defense, AFP-675; IBSS; SPAS-II Space Shuttle: Discovery Launch Pad: 39A Launched: April 28, 1991, 7:33:14 EDT Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida Landing: May 6, 1991, 2:55:37 EDT Mission Duration: 8 days, 7 hours, 22 minutes, 23 seconds Orbit Altitude: 190 nautical miles Orbit Inclination: 57 degrees Dedicated Department of Defense mission. An unclassified payload included Air Force Program-675 (AFP675); Infrared Background Signature Survey (IBSS) with Critical Ionization Velocity (CIV), Chemical Release Observation (CRO) and Shuttle Pallet Satellite-II (SPAS-II) experiments; and Space Test Payload-1 (STP-1). Classified payload consisted of Multi-Purpose Release Canister (MPEC). Also on board was Radiation Monitoring Equipment III (RME III) and Cloud Logic to Optimize Use of Defense Systems-IA (CLOUDS-I). Crew consisted of Commander Michael L. Coats, Pilot L. Blaine Hammond, Mission Specialists Guion S. Bluford Jr., Gregory J. Harbaugh, Richard J. Hieb, Donald R. McMonagle and Charles L. Veach. Credit: Mark Reinstein
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Location: Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA,
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