Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51-D
Lockheed Space Operations Company · Space Shuttle · Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Lockheed Space Operations Company's 7th launch · 2nd this year · humanity's 2,932nd orbital launch attempt
April 12, 1985Add to calendar
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Apr 12, 13:59 – Apr 12, 13:59 UTC
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STS-51-D
STS-51-D was the sixteenth flight of the shuttle and fourth for the Space Shuttle Discovery. Its mission was to deploy a number of 10 satellites. The landing suffered extensive brake damaged and a ruptured tire. All subsequent landings had to be done at the Edwards Air Force Base until the development and implementation of nose steering.
Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Crew
Jeffrey HoffmanMission Specialist · NASA
Karol J. BobkoCommander · NASA
S. David GriggsMission Specialist · NASA
Donald E. WilliamsPilot · NASA
Margaret Rhea SeddonMission Specialist · NASA
Charles D. WalkerPayload Specialist · NASA
Edwin Jacob GarnPayload Specialist · NASA
Booster
No booster details available.
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- STS-51D launch Discovery — Luis Moreno
