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Space Shuttle Columbia's (OV-102) first operational mission (though it was her fifth overall), STS-5 (Astronaut Vance D. Brand Commanding), was a satellite deployment, experiment, and EVA mission from November 11-16, 1982.
Two communications satellites were successfully deployed:
1. Satellite Business Systems (SBS) 3
2. Anik C3 (Telesat Canada)
Both satellites were built by Hughes.
The EVA's had to be postponed due to spacesuit problems; the experiments, 3 performed by the crew (student experiments) and a West German microgravity experiment installed on the GAS (Get-Away Special) Canister payload in the shuttle bay, were successfully completed. GAS was one of the many satellite programs I worked on during my time working on many NASA programs as a government QA Engineer. Reusable in nature, it allowed for the installation of many inexpensive experiments to be performed in the weightlessness of space.
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what was the columbias frist misson
What is columbias capital?
Victoria.
What is Columbias language?
spanish
What is british columbias temperature in the summer?
no
What is Columbias nickname?
locombia fofo
What was british columbias population in 1871?
It was 36,247.
What is British columbias tartan?
Columbia Tartan
When was the first flight of Columbia?
Columbias first flight took place on the 12th of April 1981, exactly 20 years after Yuri Gagarine became the first man to fly in space.
What was the effect of columbias voyage to the Americas?
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What is british columbias top industry?
Fishery and Lumber
What are Columbias Imports?
consumer goods, paper products, fuels, and electricity
What is British Columbias nick name?
British Columbia's nickname is Pacific Province.
