Crewed spacecraftExpended
STS-70 flight stack
Mission-specific Space Shuttle flight stack
Vehicle and mission dossier
STS-70
STS-70 deployed TDRS-G, renamed TDRS-7 after reaching orbit, with an Inertial Upper . Discovery's crew also operated biological, materials, radiation, and technology experiments during the final Shuttle flight devoted primarily to deploying a first-generation Tracking and Data Relay Satellite.
Flight profile
- Launch
- July 13, 1995
- Landing
- July 22, 1995
- Mission duration
- 8d 22h 20m
Places and recovery
Vehicle record
- Orbiter
- Space Shuttle Discovery
- Mission or test
- STS-70
- Configuration
- , external tank, two , and three main engines
- Status
- Mission hardware disposition recorded by component
- Mission type
- Satellite or observatory deployment and operations
- Crew and station travelers
- 5
- Program
- Space Shuttle
- Crew complement
- 5
- Outcome
- Completed
- Archive classification
- Human spaceflight
- Primary objective
- Space Shuttle Discovery mission that deployed TDRS-G.
Flight objectives
- Launch Discovery and its crew safely into .
- Space Shuttle Discovery mission that deployed TDRS-G.
- Complete the mission's assigned payload, , research, deployment, servicing, or logistics work.
- Return Discovery and the landing crew safely to Earth.
Flight timeline
- July 13, 1995LaunchDiscovery launched six days after Atlantis returned from Mir.
- Six hours after launchTDRS-G deployedThe spacecraft and IUS left the payload bay for geosynchronous transfer.
- Nine-day missionSecondary researchThe crew completed biological, materials, radiation, and technology investigations.
- July 22, 1995Kennedy landingDiscovery returned after completing the communications mission.
