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Mission

ORFEUS-SPAS II started aboard space shuttle Columbia on mission STS-80 into space. Launch date was Nov. 19, 1996, landing was Dec. 7, 1996 . Mission duration was 17 days 15 hr 53 min 18 sec, which was the longest shuttle flight to date. ORFEUS-SPAS II was flying free for 14 days. 50% of the planned observation time was reserved for guest observers.

The ORFEUS-SPAS II total instrument operation time was 263.0 hours, while the net integration time was 164.9 hours, resulting in an efficiency of 62.5% for all instruments. This is an extremely high value as compared to other satellite missions.

What's New

Links

• Current Shuttle Status Report
• Liftoff Status Home Page
• FLORIDA TODAY Space Online
• Today at NASA

• ORFEUS-SPAS Home Page of NASA
• STS-80 Payload Status
• DARA Astro-SPAS Homepage (auf deutsch)
• DLR: ORFEUS-SPAS Missionen (auf deutsch)

• Some images of ORFEUS-SPAS II in Space
• Kennedy Space Center STS-80 Home Page (including mission highlights for all flight days)
• Additional Information on STS-80: Images, Movies, Sounds, Documents
• Shuttle Launch Countdown Home Page
• Mirror of ORFEUS related NASA images
• NASA image archive STS-80, including descriptions
• Captures of NASA-TV images

• NASA's Shuttle Page
• Countdown Clock

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