Talk:STS-87
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Spartan Satellite event[edit]
"A small satellite designed to study the sun failed to turn on today after it was released from the space shuttle Columbia."
"Release from the robot arm should have set off an internal timer, triggering a self-test maneuver causing Spartan to pirouette 45 degrees, which would have indicated the satellite was operating normally. The pirouette never happened."[1]
It was recaptured during a spacewalk. [2]
Mentioned on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-95#Spartan when it was redepoloyed.
Interestica (talk) 18:52, 28 October 2020 (UTC) interestica
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First mission to use TDRS during launch[edit]
STS-87 apparently was first launch to roll heads-up to transmit telemetry to TDRS satellite during launch and SRB burn. (Previous launches had flown heads-down to send telemetry to ground stations). - Rod57 (talk) 10:02, 2 August 2021 (UTC)