STS-48 (Space Transportation System-48) var rumfærgen Discovery 13. rumfærge-mission. Den blev opsendt d. 12. september 1991 og vendte tilbage den 18. september 1991.
Den primære nyttelast var Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS), en satellit der skulle sættes i kredsløb til observation af Ozonlaget i Jordens atmosfære.
Den 7. september 2011 annoncerede NASA satellitens forventede nedstyrtning d. 23. september 2011. Satellitten kan styrte ned et sted i Jordens Atmosfære NASA managers discuss fragmentation risks as UARS heads back to Earth www.nasaspaceflight.co Satellit truer Jorden: "Vi kan kun vente" TV2 Falling Space Junk: The Facts About NASA's Doomed UARS Satellitewww.space.com
Hovedartikler:
Besætning John Creighton (kaptajn) Kenneth Reightler (pilot) James Buchli (1. missionsspecialist) Charles Gemar (2. missionsspecialist) Mark Brown (3. missionsspecialist)
Missionen Missionen medbragte følgende nyttelast: Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer (CLAES) Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder (ISAMS) Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) Halogen Occultation Experiment (HALOE) High Resolution Doppler Imager (HRDI) Wind Imaging Interferometer (WlNDII) Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor (SUSIM) Solar/Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment (SOLSTICE) Particle Environment Monitor (PEM) and Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor (ACRIM II). Ascent Particle Monitor (APM) Middeck 0-Gravity Dynamics Experiment (MODE) Shuttle Activation Monitor (SAM) Cosmic Ray Effects and Activation Monitor (CREAM) Physiological and Anatomical Rodent Experiment (PARE) Protein Crystal Growth II-2 (PCG II-2) Polymer Membrane Processing (IPMP) Air Force Maui Optical Site (AMOS)
Eksterne henvisninger
STS-48 NASA STS-48 NASA KSC Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) NASA Fact Sheets UARS: The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite
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