User:WDGraham/List of spacecraft deployed from Space Shuttles
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This is a list of spacecraft that have been deployed from Space Shuttles.
Deployed
[edit]- Spacecraft which were deployed and subsequently retrieved for return to Earth by the same mission are listed below.
| Mission | Shuttle | Launch (UTC) | Spacecraft | Operator | Deployment (UTC) | Upper stage | Final orbit | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STS-5 | Columbia | 11 November 1982 12:19:00 |
SBS-3 | SBS | PAM-D | GSO | Commercial communications satellite | |
| Anik C3 | Telesat Canada | PAM-D | GSO | Commercial communications satellite | ||||
| STS-6 | Challenger | 3 April 1983 18:30:00 |
TDRS-1 | NASA | IUS | GSO | NASA communications satellite, IUS malfunctioned but spacecraft still operable | |
| STS-7 | Challenger | 18 June 1983 11:33:00 |
Anik C2 | Telesat Canada | PAM-D | GSO | Commercial communications satellite | |
| Palapa B1 | Indosat | PAM-D | GSO | Commercial communications satellite | ||||
| STS-8 | Challenger | 30 August 1983 06:32:00 |
INSAT 1B | ISRO | PAM-D | GSO | Commercial communications satellite | |
| STS-41-B | Challenger | 3 February 1984 13:00:00 |
Westar 6 | Western Union | PAM-D | GSO | Commercial communications satellite, PAM-D failed to ignite leaving spacecraft in LEO; retrieved by Discovery during STS-51-A | |
| Palapa B2 | Telkom Indonesia | PAM-D | GSO | Commercial communications satellite, PAM-D failed to ignite leaving spacecraft in LEO; retrieved by Discovery during STS-51-A | ||||
| STS-41-C | Challenger | 6 April 1984 13:58:00 |
Long Duration Exposure Facility | NASA | 7 April 1984 | LEO | Retrieved by Columbia on 12 January 1990 as part of STS-32 | |
| STS-41-D | Discovery | 30 August 1984 12:41:50 |
SBS-4 | SBS | PAM-D | GSO | Commercial communications satellite | |
| Telstar 302 | AT&T | PAM-D | GSO | Commercial communications satellite | ||||
| Leasat 2 | Hughes | TU-882 | GSO | Military communications satellite (operated by Hughes on behalf of the US Navy) | ||||
| STS-41-G | Challenger | 5 October 1984 11:03:00 |
Earth Radiation Budget Satellite | NASA | LEO | |||
| STS-51-A | Discovery | 8 November 1984 12:15:00 |
Anik D2 | Telesat Canada | PAM-D | GSO | Commercial communications satellite | |
| Leasat 1 | Hughes | TU-882 | GSO | Military communications satellite (operated by Hughes on behalf of the US Navy) | ||||
| STS-51-C | Discovery | 24 January 1985 19:50:00 |
USA-8 (Magnum) | NRO | IUS | GSO | Military ELINT satellite | |
| STS-51-D | Discovery | 12 April 1985 13:59:05 |
Anik C1 | Telesat Canada | PAM-D | GSO | Commercial communications satellite | |
| Leasat 3 | Hughes | TU-882 | GSO | Military communications satellite (operated by Hughes on behalf of the US Navy) | ||||
| STS-51-G | Discovery | 17 June 1985 11:33:00 |
Morelos 1 | Morelos | PAM-D | GSO | Commercial communications satellite | |
| Arabsat-1B | Arabsat | PAM-D | GSO | Commercial communications satellite | ||||
| Telstar 303 | AT&T | PAM-D | GSO | Commercial communications satellite | ||||
| STS-51-I | Discovery | 27 August 1985 10:58:01 |
Aussat 1 | Aussat | PAM-D | GSO | Commercial communications satellite | |
| ASC-I | ASC | PAM-D | GSO | Commercial communications satellite | ||||
| Leasat 4 | Hughes | TU-882 | GSO | Military communications satellite (operated by Hughes on behalf of the US Navy) | ||||
| STS-51-J | Atlantis | 3 October 1985 15:15:30 |
USA-11 (DSCS-III) | USAF | IUS | GSO | Military communications satellite | |
| USA-12 (DSCS-III) | USAF | GSO | Military communications satellite | |||||
| STS-61-B | Atlantis | 27 November 1985 00:29 |
Morelos 2 | Morelos | PAM-D | GSO | Commercial communications satellite | |
| Aussat 2 | Aussat | PAM-D | GSO | Commercial communications satellite | ||||
| Satcom K2 | RCA Americom | PAM-D | GSO | Commercial communications satellite | ||||
| STS-61-C | Columbia | 12 January 1986 11:55 |
Satcom K1 | RCA Americom | PAM-D | GSO | Commercial communications satellite | |
| STS-51-L | Challenger | 28 January 1986 | TDRS-B | NASA | K.A. | IUS | GSO | Launch failure, NASA communications satellite |
| STS-26 | Discovery | 29 September 1988 | TDRS-3 | NASA | IUS | GSO | NASA communications satellite | |
| STS-27 | Atlantis | 2 December 1988 | USA-34 (Lacrosse) | NRO | LEO | Military reconnaissance satellite | ||
| STS-29 | Discovery | 13 March 1989 | TDRS-4 | NASA | IUS | GSO | NASA communications satellite | |
| STS-30 | Atlantis | 4 May 1989 | Magellan | NASA | IUS | Venus probe | ||
| STS-28 | Columbia | 8 August 1989 | USA-40 (SDS-2) | NRO | PAM-D | Molniya | Military communications satellite | |
| USA-41 | NRO | LEO | Military SIGINT satellite | |||||
| STS-34 | Atlantis | 18 October 1989 | Galileo | NASA | IUS | Jupiter probe | ||
| STS-33 | Discovery | 23 November 1989 | USA-48 (Magnum) | NRO | IUS | GSO | Military ELINT satellite | |
| STS-32 | Columbia | 9 January 1990 | Leasat 5 | Hughes | TU-882 | GSO | Military communications satellite (operated by Hughes on behalf of the US Navy) | |
| STS-36 | Atlantis | 28 February 1990 | USA-36 (Misty) | NRO | LEO | Military reconnaissance satellite | ||
| STS-31 | Discovery | 24 April 1990 | Hubble Space Telescope | NASA/ESA | LEO | Astronomy satellite | ||
| STS-41 | Discovery | 6 October 1990 | Ulysses | ESA/NASA | IUS/PAM-S | Solar research spacecraft | ||
| STS-38 | Atlantis | 15 November 1990 | USA-67 (SDS-2) | NRO | Orbus-21S | GSO | Military communications satellite | |
| Prowler | NRO | PAM-D | GSO | Military reconnaissance satellite | ||||
| STS-37 | Atlantis | 5 April 1991 | Compton Gamma Ray Observatory | NASA | LEO | Astronomy satellite | ||
| STS-39 | Discovery | 28 April 1991 | CRO-A | SDIO | LEO | Observation target | ||
| CRO-B | SDIO | LEO | Observation target | |||||
| CRO-C | SDIO | LEO | Observation target | |||||
| USA-70 (MPEC) | USAF | LEO | Technologie | |||||
| STS-43 | Atlantis | 2 August 1991 | TDRS-5 | NASA | IUS | GSO | NASA communications satellite | |
| STS-48 | Discovery | 12 September 1991 | Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite | NASA | LEO | |||
| STS-44 | Atlantis | 24 November 1991 | USA-75 (DSP-16) | USAF | IUS | GSO | Military early warning satellite | |
| STS-46 | Atlantis | 31 July 1992 | EURECA | ESA | LEO | Retrieved by Endeavour during STS-57 | ||
| STS-52 | Columbia | 22 October 1992 | LAGEOS II | ESA | IRIS/LAS | MEO | ||
| STS-53 | Discovery | 2 December 1992 | USA-89 (SDS-2) | NRO | PAM-D | GSO | Military communications satellite | |
| ODERACS (x6) | NASA | LEO | Failed to deploy due to electrical malfunction, returned to Earth with Discovery | |||||
| STS-54 | Endeavour | 13 January 1993 | TDRS-6 | NASA | IUS | GSO | NASA communications satellite | |
| STS-51 | Discovery | 12 September 1993 | ACTS | NASA | TOS | GSO | Experimental communications satellite | |
| STS-60 | Discovery | 3 February 1994 | BremSat-1 | LEO | ||||
| ODERACS-A | NASA | LEO | Calibration satellites, reflight of spacecraft which STS-53 failed to deploy | |||||
| ODERACS-B | NASA | LEO | ||||||
| ODERACS-C | NASA | LEO | ||||||
| ODERACS-D | NASA | LEO | ||||||
| ODERACS-E | NASA | LEO | ||||||
| ODERACS-F | NASA | LEO | ||||||
| STS-63 | Discovery | 3 February 1995 | ODERACS-2A | NASA | LEO | Calibration satellites | ||
| ODERACS-2B | NASA | LEO | ||||||
| ODERACS-2C | NASA | LEO | ||||||
| ODERACS-2D | NASA | LEO | ||||||
| ODERACS-2E | NASA | LEO | ||||||
| ODERACS-2F | NASA | LEO | ||||||
| STS-70 | Discovery | 13 July 1995 | TDRS-7 | NASA | IUS | GSO | Communications satellite | |
| STS-77 | Endeavour | 19 May 1996 | PAMS-STU | NASA | LEO | Technology demonstration satellite | ||
| IAE | NASA | LEO | Technology demonstration satellite, deployed via SPARTAN-207 | |||||
| STS-95 | Discovery | 29 October 1998 | PANSAT | US Navy | LEO | Technology demonstration satellite | ||
| STS-88 | Endeavour | 4 December 1998 | Mightysat 1 | US Air Force | LEO | Technology demonstration satellite | ||
| SAC-A | CONAE | LEO | Technology demonstration satellite | |||||
| STS-96 | Discovery | Starshine 1 | LEO | |||||
| STS-93 | Columbia | 23 July 1999 | Chandra X-ray Observatory | NASA | IUS | |||
| STS-105 | Discovery | Simplesat | LEO | |||||
| STS-108 | Endeavour | Starshine 2 | LEO | |||||
| STS-113 | Endeavour | MEPSI-1A | LEO | |||||
| MEPSI-1B | LEO | |||||||
| STS-116 | Discovery | MEPSI-2A | LEO | |||||
| MEPSI-2B | LEO | |||||||
| MAA | LEO | Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment | ||||||
| FCal | LEO | |||||||
| RAFT1 | LEO | |||||||
| MARSCom | LEO | |||||||
| STS-126 | Endeavour | PSSC-1 | LEO | |||||
| STS-127 | Endeavour | Castor | LEO | ANDE-2 | ||||
| Pollux | LEO | |||||||
| BEVO-1 | LEO | DragonSat-2 | ||||||
| AggieSat 2 | LEO | |||||||
| STS-135 | Atlantis | PSSC-2 | LEO |
Deployed and retrieved
[edit]- Spacecraft which were deployed and retrieved by different missions are listed above.
| Mission | Shuttle | Launch (UTC) | Spacecraft | Operator | Deployment (UTC) | Retrieval (UTC) | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STS-7 | Challenger | 18 June 1983 11:33:00 |
SPAS-01 | MBB |
Space Station components
[edit]| Mission | Shuttle | Launch (UTC) | Space Station | Module | Deployment (UTC) | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STS-74 | Atlantis | 12 November 1995 | Mir | Stykovochnyy Otsek | ||
| STS-88 | Endeavour | 4 December 1998 | International Space Station | Unity | Deployed attached | |
| PMA-1 | ||||||
| PMA-2 | ||||||
| STS-92 | Discovery | 11 October 2000 | International Space Station | Z1 truss | ||
| PMA-3 | ||||||
| STS-97 | Endeavour | 30 November 2000 | International Space Station | P6 truss | ||
| STS-98 | Atlantis | 7 February 2001 | International Space Station | Destiny | ||
| STS-102 | Discovery | 8 March 2001 | International Space Station | ESP-1 | ||
| STS-100 | Endeavour | 19 April 2001 | International Space Station | Canadarm2 | ||
| STS-104 | Atlantis | 12 July 2001 | International Space Station | Quest | ||
| STS-110 | Atlantis | 8 April 2002 | International Space Station | S0 truss | ||
| STS-111 | Endeavour | 5 June 2002 | International Space Station | Mobile Base System | ||
| STS-112 | Atlantis | 7 October 2002 | International Space Station | S1 truss | ||
| STS-113 | Endeavour | 24 November 2002 | International Space Station | P1 truss | ||
| STS-114 | Discovery | 26 July 2005 | International Space Station | ESP-2 | ||
| STS-115 | Atlantis | 9 September 2006 | International Space Station | P3/P4 truss | ||
| STS-116 | Discovery | 10 December 2006 | International Space Station | P5 truss | ||
| STS-117 | Atlantis | 8 June 2007 | International Space Station | S3/S4 truss | ||
| STS-118 | Endeavour | 8 August 2007 | International Space Station | S5 truss | ||
| ESP-3 | ||||||
| STS-120 | Discovery | 23 October 2007 | International Space Station | Harmony | ||
| STS-122 | Atlantis | 7 February 2008 | International Space Station | Columbus | ||
| STS-123 | Endeavour | 11 March 2008 | International Space Station | Kibō ELM-PS | ||
| SPDM | ||||||
| STS-124 | Discovery | 31 May 2008 | International Space Station | Kibō PM | ||
| STS-119 | Discovery | 15 March 2009 | International Space Station | S6 truss | ||
| STS-127 | Endeavour | 15 July 2009 | International Space Station | Kibō Exposed Facility | ||
| STS-129 | Atlantis | 16 November 2009 | International Space Station | ELC-1 | ||
| ELC-2 | ||||||
| STS-130 | Endeavour | 8 February 2010 | International Space Station | Tranquility | ||
| Cupola | ||||||
| STS-132 | Atlantis | International Space Station | Rassvet | |||
| STS-134 | Endeavour | International Space Station | AMS-02 | |||
| ELC-3 | ||||||
| STS-133 | Discovery | International Space Station | PMM | |||
| ELC-4 |