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Lockheed Space Operations CompanySpace ShuttleLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
STS-41-D
Launched
August 30, 1984
Summary
STS-41-D launched on a Lockheed Space Operations Company Space Shuttle from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on August 30, 1984. It was Lockheed Space Operations Company's 3rd launch, 3rd this year and humanity's 2,868th orbital launch attempt. It was the 12th Space Shuttle flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Discovery (STS 41-D), one of 7 catalogued objects, reached a 303 × 309 km orbit inclined 28.5°. 6 crew members flew: Henry 'Hank' Hartsfield, Steven Hawley, Michael Coats, Mike Mullane, Judith Resnik and Charles D. Walker. The spacecraft was Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103). 7 objects from this launch are catalogued, 4 of them payloads.
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- Vehicle
- Space Shuttle · Lockheed Space Operations CompanySpace Shuttle
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 12th Space Shuttle flight · 3rd this yearLockheed Space Operations Company's 3rd launch3rd this yearhumanity's 2,868th orbital launch attempt93rd orbital launch attempt this year
Crew
Henry 'Hank' HartsfieldCommander · NASA · age 50 · 2nd flight
Steven HawleyMission Specialist · NASA · age 32 · first flight
Michael CoatsPilot · NASA · age 38 · first flight
Mike MullaneMission Specialist · NASA · age 38 · first flight
Judith ResnikMission Specialist · NASA · age 35 · first flight
Charles D. WalkerPayload Specialist · NASA · age 36 · first flight
Spacecraft
Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103)
Space Shuttle Discovery (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103) is one of the orbiters from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the third of five fully operational orbiters to be built. Its first mission, STS-41-D, flew from August 30 to September 5, 1984. Over 27 years of service it launched and landed 39 times, gathering more spaceflights than any other spacecraft to date. Discovery became the third operational orbiter to enter service, preceded by Columbia and Challenger. It embarked on its last mission, STS-133, on February 24, 2011 and touched down for the final time at Kennedy Space Center on March 9, having spent a cumulative total of almost a full year in space. Discovery performed both research and International Space Station (ISS) assembly missions. It also carried the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit. Discovery was the first operational shuttle to be retired, followed by Endeavour and then Atlantis.
- Destination: Low Earth Orbit
- Mission length: 6 days
Space Shuttle Discovery successfully landed at Edwards Air Force Base after this mission.
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Discovery (STS 41-D) · NORAD 15234 · 1984-093 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 7 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1984-093A
- Epoch
- 1984-08-30 13:28:38 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.91130041 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0004832
- Inclination
- 28.468°
- Ascending node
- 1.0511°
- Arg. of perigee
- 288.4733°
- Mean anomaly
- 328.9036°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0.00040999
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
7 catalogued: 4 payloads, 3 components; 4 still in orbit
- Discovery (STS 41-D) · NORAD 15234 · landed September 5, 1984
- SBS 4 · NORAD 15235
- Leasat 2 · NORAD 15236 · in orbit
- Telstar 302 · NORAD 15237 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
STS-41-D was the twelth flight of the Space Shuttle program and the maiden flight for Space Shuttle Discovery. It deployed three commercial 10 satellites during the six day mission along with a number of scientific experiments being conducted.
Pad
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
24th launch from Launch Complex 39A, 3rd this year · 29th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
145 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did STS-41-D launch?
STS-41-D launched on August 30, 1984. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch STS-41-D?
Coverage: ABC News Coverage of the STS-41-D Launch. Watch the replay
What rocket launched STS-41-D?
Space Shuttle, flown by Lockheed Space Operations Company. Space Shuttle spec sheet
Where did STS-41-D launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
What orbit did STS-41-D reach?
Discovery (STS 41-D), one of 7 catalogued objects, reached a 303 × 309 km orbit inclined 28.5°.
How many satellites did STS-41-D launch?
4 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is STS-41-D part of?
Space Shuttle. About Space Shuttle