Status
Success
Rocket
Vehicles
Mission Details
STS-54
The primary payload was the fifth Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-F) which was deployed on day one of the mission. It was later successfully transferred to its proper orbit by the Inertial Upper Stage booster.
Also carried into orbit in the payload bay was a Hitchhiker experiment called the Diffuse X-ray Spectrometer (DXS). This instrument collected data on X-ray radiation from diffuse sources in deep space.
Total Mass: 18,599.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
LC-39B, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA
Stats
1993
3rd orbital launch attempt
Space Shuttle
53rd mission
1st mission of 1993
52nd successful mission
28th consecutive successful mission