STS-33 was the fifth space shuttle mission for the Department of Defense. Due to the nature of this mission, specific details are classified. The Space Shuttle Discovery lifted off from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, KSC, on November 22, 1989 at 7:23 p.m. EST.
S. David Griggs, the originally scheduled pilot for this mission, died in a plane crash 5 months prior to the shuttle launch.
Launch of STS-33 was originally scheduled for 20 November, but was d...
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STS-33 was the fifth space shuttle mission for the Department of Defense. Due to the nature of this mission, specific details are classified. The Space Shuttle Discovery lifted off from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, KSC, on November 22, 1989 at 7:23 p.m. EST.
S. David Griggs, the originally scheduled pilot for this mission, died in a plane crash 5 months prior to the shuttle launch.
Launch of STS-33 was originally scheduled for 20 November, but was delayed because of suspect integrated electronics assemblies which control ignition and separation of the Shuttle's solid rocket boosters. It was the ninth flight of Discovery and the 32nd Space Shuttle mission. STS-33 was the third night launch of the Space Shuttle program, and the first since Shuttle flights resumed in 1988. Landing was scheduled Nov. 26, but was postponed for a day because of strong winds at the landing site.
Discovery deployed a single satellite, USA-48 (NSSDC ID 1989-090B). According to Aviation Week, this was a secret...
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