STS-75 was a 1996 NASA Space Shuttle mission, the 19th mission of the Columbia orbiter.
ALLEN
HOROWITZ
HOFFMAN
CHELI
NICOLLIER
CHANG-DIAZ
GUIDONI
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Deployment of the Tethered Satellite System
Mission type Microgravity research
Technology development
Operator NASA
COSPAR ID 1996-012A
SATCAT no. 23801
Mission duration 15 days, 17 hours, 40 minutes, 22 seconds
Distance travelled 10,500,000 kilometres (6,500,000 mi)
Orbits completed 252
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft Space Shuttle Columbia
Payload mass 10,592 kilograms (23,351 lb)
Crew
Crew size 7
Members
Andrew M. Allen
Scott J. Horowitz
Jeffrey A. Hoffman
Maurizio Cheli
Claude Nicollier
Franklin R. Chang-Diaz
Umberto Guidoni
Start of mission
Launch date 22 February 1996, 20:18:00 UTC
Launch site Kennedy LC-39B
End of mission
Landing date 9 March 1996, 13:58:22 UTC
Landing site Kennedy SLF Runway 33
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Perigee altitude 277 kilometres (172 mi)
Apogee altitude 320 kilometres (200 mi)
Inclination 28.45 degrees
Period 90.5 minutes