Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51

Name: Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51
Start: 1993-09-12T11:45:00.000Z
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 48th launch · 5th this year · humanity's 3,845th orbital launch attempt

September 12, 1993Add to calendar

Success

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Window: Sep 12, 11:45 – Sep 12, 11:45 UTC

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STS-51

STS-51 was a Space Shuttle Discovery mission that launched the Advanced 10 Technology Satellite (ACTS) in September 1993. The flight also featured the deployment and retrieval of the SPAS-ORFEUS satellite and its IMAX camera, which captured spectacular footage of Discovery in space. A spacewalk was also performed during the mission to evaluate tools and techniques for the STS-61 Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission later that year.

Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)