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STS-28 was the 30th NASA Space Shuttle mission, the fourth shuttle mission dedicated to United States Department of Defense (DoD) purposes, and the eighth flight of Space Shuttle Columbia. The mission launched on August 8, 1989, and traveled 3,400,000 km (2,100,000 mi) during 81 orbits of the Earth, before landing on runway 17 of Edwards Air Force Base, California, on August 13, 1989. STS-28 was also Columbia's first flight since January 1986, when it had flown STS-61-C, the mission directly preceding the Challenger disaster of STS-51-L. The mission details of STS-28 are classified, but the payload is widely believed to have been the first SDS-2 relay communications satellite. The altitude of the mission was between 295 km (183 mi) and 307 km (191 mi).

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Richard N. Richards on the flight deck of Columbia during STS-28

On-orbit crew portrait of STS-28

Mark N. Brown with an Arriflex camera on the flight deck of Columbia during STS-28

Brewster H. Shaw on the middeck of Columbia during STS-28

Mark N. Brown and James C. Adamson on the middeck of Columbia during STS-28

STS-28 shuttle

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
incident	incident		[[1]]		Wikidata
commons	image		Richard N. Richards on the flight deck of Columbia during STS-28		Commons
commons	image		On-orbit crew portrait of STS-28		Commons
commons	image		Mark N. Brown with an Arriflex camera on the flight deck of Columbia during STS-28		Commons
commons	image		Brewster H. Shaw on the middeck of Columbia during STS-28		Commons
commons	image		Mark N. Brown and James C. Adamson on the middeck of Columbia during STS-28		Commons
commons	image		STS-28 shuttle		Commons
commons	image		S28-90-000 - STS-028 - DPLA - 3bcb0f209bf525e7263c32b9c16af140		Commons
commons	image		SILTS2		Commons
commons	image		Skull1		Commons
commons	image		Sds nro 01		Commons