STS-45

During troubleshooting, the leaks could not be reproduced, leading engineers to believe that they were the result of plumbing in the main propulsion system not thermally conditioned to the cryogenic propellants; the launch was rescheduled for March 24, 1992.STS-45 carried the first Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-1) experiments, placed on Spacelab pallets mounted in the orbiter's payload bay.The non-deployable payload, equipped with 12 instruments from the United States, France, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Japan, conducted studies in atmospheric chemistry, solar radiation, space plasma physics and ultraviolet astronomy.ATLAS-1 instruments included the Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy (ATMOS); Grille Spectrometer; Millimeter Wave Atmospheric Sounder (MAS); Imaging Spectrometric Observatory (ISO); Atmospheric Lyman-Alpha Emissions (ALAE); Atmospheric Emissions Photometric Imager (AEPI); Space Experiments with Particle Accelerators (SEPAC); Active Cavity Radiometer (ACR); Measurement of Solar Constant (SOLCON); Solar Spectrum;[2] Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor (SUSIM); and Far Ultraviolet Space Telescope (FAUST).The rollout distance was 2,812 m (9,226 ft) and Atlantis weighed 93,005 kg (205,041 lb) on landing.
ATLAS-1 laboratorySpace Transportation SystemATLAS-1COSPAR IDSATCAT no.Space ShuttleAtlantisCharles BoldenBrian DuffyKathryn D. SullivanDavid LeestmaMichael FoaleDirk FrimoutByron K. LichtenbergKennedyLC-39ARockwell InternationalSLF Runway 33Geocentric orbitLow Earth orbitPerigee altitudeApogee altitudeInclinationPeriodLichtenbergLeestmaSullivanFrimoutBoldenSpace Shuttle programSTS-42STS-49PositionMichael L. Lamptonliquid hydrogenliquid oxygenorbiterAtmospheric Laboratory for Applications and ScienceSpacelabUnited StatesFranceGermanyBelgiumSwitzerlandNetherlandsGet Away SpecialShuttle Landing FacilityKennedy Space CenterFrank De WinneInternational Space StationEuropean Space AgencyList of human spaceflightsList of Space Shuttle missionsNikon NASA F4Outline of space scienceWayback MachineSpace Shuttle AtlantisSTS-51-JSTS-61-BSTS-27STS-30STS-34STS-36STS-38STS-37STS-43STS-44STS-46STS-66STS-71STS-74STS-76STS-79STS-81STS-84STS-86STS-101STS-106STS-98STS-104STS-110STS-112STS-115STS-117STS-122STS-125STS-129STS-132STS-135Kennedy Space Center Visitor ComplexMerritt Island, FloridaU.S. Space Shuttle missions(crews)Approach and Landing TestsSTS-41-BSTS-41-CSTS-41-DSTS-41-GSTS-51-ASTS-51-CSTS-51-DSTS-51-BSTS-51-GSTS-51-FSTS-51-ISTS-61-ASTS-61-CSTS-51-LSTS-26STS-29STS-28STS-33STS-32STS-31STS-41STS-35STS-39STS-40STS-48STS-50STS-47STS-52STS-53STS-54STS-56STS-55STS-57STS-51STS-58STS-61STS-60STS-62STS-59STS-65STS-64STS-68STS-63STS-67STS-70STS-69STS-73STS-72STS-75STS-77STS-78STS-80STS-82STS-83STS-94STS-85STS-87STS-89STS-90STS-91STS-95STS-88STS-96STS-93STS-103STS-99STS-92STS-97STS-102STS-100STS-105STS-108STS-109STS-111STS-113STS-107STS-114STS-121STS-116STS-118STS-120STS-123STS-124STS-126STS-119STS-127STS-128STS-130STS-131STS-133STS-134CancelledSTS-41-FSTS-61-ESTS-61-FSTS-61-GSTS-61-HSTS-62-ASTS-61-MSTS-61-JSTS-144STS-3xxSTS-400OthersOrbitersChallengerdisasterreportColumbiainvestigationDiscoveryEndeavourEnterprise← 1991Orbital launches in 19921993 →Kosmos 2175Kosmos 2176Progress M-11USA-79Arabsat 1CGalaxy 5Soyuz TM-14USA-80Progress M-12Palapa B4Progress M-13SAMPEXUSA-83Kosmos 2196INSAT-2AGeotailSoyuz TM-15EURECATOPEX/PoseidonUribyol 1Optus B1Progress M-14Galaxy 1RUSA-84Kosmos 2209Hispasat 1AMars ObserverKosmos 2217Progress M-15USA-85Kosmos 2221Kosmos 2222Kosmos 2224USA-87Optus B2Kosmos 2229