Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51-G
Lockheed Space Operations Company · Space Shuttle · Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Lockheed Space Operations Company's 9th launch · 4th this year · humanity's 2,953rd orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Jun 17, 11:33 – Jun 17, 11:33 UTC
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STS-51-G
STS-51-G was the eighteenth flight of the shuttle program and fifth for Space Shuttle Discovery. Sultan Salman Al Saud of Saudi Arabia was on board as a payload specialist; he became the first Arab, the first Muslim and first member of a royal family to fly into space. It was the first shuttle flight to fly without an astronaut from the pre-Shuttle era. Its mission was to deploy 3 10 satellites.
Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Crew
Patrick BaudryPayload Specialist · CNES
Sultan bin Salman Al SaudPayload Specialist · KACST-SRI
Daniel BrandensteinCommander · NASA
John Oliver CreightonPilot · NASA
Steven R. NagelMission Specialist · NASA
John M. FabianMission Specialist · NASA
Shannon LucidMission Specialist · NASA
Booster
No booster details available.
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- NBC News Coverage of The STS-51-G Launch — zellco321
