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STS-48
Space Shuttle · Earth Science
1991Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center
Mission
STS-48 was the thirteenth mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery and its primary purpose was to launch the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite. The flight was also the first to test an electronic still camera in space, a modified Nikon F4.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- LSOC
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Orbit
- LEO
- Pad
- Launch Complex 39A
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2