AFP-675

AFP-675 (Air Force Program-675) was a Space Shuttle experiment package that was carried into orbit on Discovery as part of STS-39.

AFP-675 consisted of six experiment packages mounted on a pallet in the Discovery's cargo bay. The total weight of the package was 5,080 kilograms (11,200 lb). The objectives of the project were:

  1. To obtain data in several wavelength regions to support the development of Department of Defense (DOD) systems
  2. To validate technologies for DOD applications
  3. To validate the use of man as an autonomous experimenter in space
  4. To demonstrate the cost effectiveness of performing DOD experiments on reusable systems.
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