Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-51-L

Name: Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-51-L
Start: 1986-01-28T16:38:00.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Lockheed Space Operations Company · Space Shuttle · Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Lockheed Space Operations Company's 16th launch · 2nd this year · humanity's 3,039th orbital launch attempt

January 28, 1986Add to calendar

Failure

Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.

Window: Jan 28, 16:38 – Jan 28, 16:38 UTC

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STS-51-L

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, and carry out several lessons from space as part of the Teacher in Space Project and Shuttle Student Involvement Program (SSIP).

Human Exploration · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)