STS-5
The fifth Space Shuttle mission and the first fully operational flight of the Space Shuttle program. Launched from Kennedy Space Center on November 11, 1982, it deployed two commercial communications satellites (SBS-3 and Anik C-3) and marked the first mission with a crew of four.
Identity
- Name
- STS-5
- Slug
- sts-5
- Status
- completed
Details
- Description
- The fifth Space Shuttle mission and the first fully operational flight of the Space Shuttle program. Launched from Kennedy Space Center on November 11, 1982, it deployed two commercial communications satellites (SBS-3 and Anik C-3) and marked the first mission with a crew of four.
- End Date
- 1982-11-16
- Outcome
- Success
- Program
- Space Shuttle
- Start Date
- 1982-11-11
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.nasa.gov/mission/sts-5/
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-5
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 4/26/2026, 3:30:41 PM
- Image
- Download
- Updated Time
- 4/26/2026, 6:07:37 PM
Other
- Affiliations
- Organization Id
- vh76vnx3yy1vy23j7zc3wk80wx7nhx5f
- Role
- Operator
- Crew
- Astronaut Id
- td759kj15djkbw51r98n99h6kh7njmfz
- Role
- Mission Specialist