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- The 13th flight of the Space Shuttle (STS 41-G) carried the OSTA-3 (Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications) payload designed for conducting experiments in earth remote sensing. This experiment payload consisted of 1) a Shuttle Imaging Radar (SIR-B) for studies of the earth's surface, 2) a Large Format Camera (LFC) for cartographic mappings of the earth, 3) a Measurement of Air Pollution from Satellite (MAPS) experiment to determine the distribution of CO in the atmosphere, and 4) a Feature Identification and Location Experiment (FILE) for classification of surface materials. The SIR-B was an upgraded version of the SIR-A flown on the OSTA-1 payload during the STS-2 mission (NSSDC ID 81-111A-01). The MAPS and FILE sensors were the reflies of those same instruments on the OSTA-1 payload (NSSDC ID 81-111A-04 and 81-111A-03). The mission lasted 8 days and, except for SIR-B, all instruments met their pre launch requirements. Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: STS-41G Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Space Stations/Manned Spacecraft Platform_Series_or_Entity: SPACE SHUTTLE Short_Name: STS-41G Long_Name: Space Transport System STS-41G End_Group Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names Short_Name: Challenger (6) End_Group Group: Orbit Orbit_Inclination: 57 degrees Perigee: 216 km Apogee: 229 km End_Group Creation_Date: 2008-01-29 Online_Resource: http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/sts-41g.htm Sample_Image: http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/mirrors/images/images/pao/STS41G/10061805.jpg Group: Platform_Logistics Launch_Date: 1984-10-05 Primary_Sponsor: NASA End_Group End_Group
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