STS-45

STS-45
	Components of the ATLAS-1 laboratory in the payload bay of Atlantis
Names	Space Transportation System-45
Mission type	ATLAS-1 astronomy research
Operator	NASA
COSPAR ID	1992-015A
SATCAT no.	21915
Mission duration	8 days, 22 hours, 9 minutes, 27 seconds
Distance travelled	5,211,340 km (3,238,180 mi)
Orbits completed	143
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Space Shuttle Atlantis
Launch mass	105,982 kg (233,650 lb)
Landing mass	93,009 kg (205,050 lb)
Payload mass	9,947 kg (21,929 lb)
Crew
Crew size	7
Members	Charles Bolden; Brian Duffy; Kathryn D. Sullivan; David Leestma; Michael Foale; Dirk Frimout; Byron K. Lichtenberg;
Start of mission
Launch date	March 24, 1992, 13:13:39 UTC (8:13:39 am EST)
Launch site	Kennedy, LC-39A
Contractor	Rockwell International
End of mission
Landing date	April 2, 1992, 11:23:06 UTC (6:23:06 am EST)
Landing site	Kennedy, SLF Runway 33
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit
Regime	Low Earth orbit
Perigee altitude	282 km (175 mi)
Apogee altitude	294 km (183 mi)
Inclination	57.00°
Period	90.30 minutes
Instruments
	Active Cavity Radiometer (ACR); Atmospheric Emissions Photometric Imager (AEPI); Atmospheric Lyman-Alpha Emissions (ALAE); Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy (ATMOS); Far Ultraviolet Space Telescope (FAUST); Grille Spectrometer; Imaging Spectrometric Observatory (ISO); Millimeter Wave Atmospheric Sounder (MAS); Space Experiments with Particle Accelerators (SEPAC); Measurement of Solar Constant (SOLCON); Solar Spectrum (SOLSPEC]); Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor (SUSIM);
	; STS-45 mission patch; ; Standing: Lichtenberg, Foale, Leestma, Sullivan and Frimout; Seated: Duffy and Bolden Space Shuttle program

STS-45 was a 1992 NASA 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.