spartan

SPARTAN 201 is a small, Shuttle-launched and -retrieved satellite, whose mission is to study the Sun. SPARTAN 201's science payload consists of two telescopes: the Ultraviolet Coronal Spectrometer (UVCS) and the White Light Coronagraph (WLC). Destroyed on STS-51L, redeployed on STS-56, STS-64 and STS-69.

SPARTAN 201 is a small, Shuttle-launched and retrieved satellite, whose mission is to study the Sun. SPARTAN 201's science payload consists of two telescopes: the Ultraviolet Coronal Spectrometer (UVCS) and the White Light Coronagraph (WLC). Destroyed on STS-51L, redeployed on STS-56, STS-64 and STS-69.

Spartan 204 was the fifth flight of the Spartan Project's reusable carrier which flew on STS-63 in February of 1995. Spartan 204 carried a science instrument called the Far Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph, or FUVIS, provided by the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and sponsored by the DoD Space Test Program.

The tenth mission for Challenger, STS-51-L was scheduled to deploy the second in a series of Tracking and Data Relay Satellites, carry out the first flight of the Shuttle-Pointed Tool for Astronomy (SPARTAN-203)/Halley's Comet Experiment Deployable in order to observe Halley's Comet.

The OAST-FLYER is the sixth in a series of missions using the SPARTAN carrier. Prior to deployment
and while still attached to the Spartan Flight Servicing Structure (SFSS) via the Release/Engage
Mechanism (REM), a crewmember will activate, update, and check out the OAST-FLYER through the use
of the PGSC/BIA interface. After checkout, the OAST-FLYER will be grappled, released from the REM,
and then deployed by the Remote Manipulator System (RMS). The OAST-FLYER will operate in the
free-flyer mode for approximately 40 to 50 hours. All science and housekeeping data will be recorded onboard
the deploy hardware. After completion of detached operations, the OAST-FLYER will be retrieved and
reberthed in the orbiter

Flown on SPARTAN, STS-72