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Lockheed Space Operations CompanySpace ShuttleLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
STS-41-G
Launched
October 5, 1984
Summary
STS-41-G launched on a Lockheed Space Operations Company Space Shuttle from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on October 5, 1984. It was Lockheed Space Operations Company's 4th launch, 4th this year and humanity's 2,883rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 13th Space Shuttle flight and the 4th this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Challenger (STS 41-G), one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 353 × 366 km orbit inclined 57.0°. 7 crew members flew: Marc Garneau, Robert Crippen, Jon McBride, Sally Ride, Kathryn D. Sullivan, David Leestma and Paul Scully-Power. The spacecraft was Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-099). 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
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- Vehicle
- Space Shuttle · Lockheed Space Operations CompanySpace Shuttle
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 13th Space Shuttle flight · 4th this yearLockheed Space Operations Company's 4th launch4th this yearhumanity's 2,883rd orbital launch attempt108th orbital launch attempt this year
Crew
Marc GarneauPayload Specialist · CSA · age 35 · first flight
Robert CrippenCommander · NASA · age 47 · 4th flight
Jon McBridePilot · NASA · age 41 · first flight
Sally RideMission Specialist · NASA · age 33 · 2nd flight
Kathryn D. SullivanMission Specialist · NASA · age 33 · first flight
David LeestmaMission Specialist · NASA · age 35 · first flight
Paul Scully-PowerPayload Specialist · NASA · age 40 · first flight
Spacecraft
Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-099)
Space Shuttle Challenger (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-099) was the second orbiter of NASA's space shuttle program to be put into service, after Columbia. Challenger was built by Rockwell International's Space Transportation Systems Division, in Downey, California. Its maiden flight, STS-6, began on April 4, 1983. The orbiter was launched and landed nine times before breaking apart 73 seconds into its tenth mission, STS-51-L, on January 28, 1986, resulting in the death of all seven crew members, including a civilian school teacher. It was the first of two shuttles to be destroyed in flight, the other being Columbia, in 2003. The accident led to a two-and-a-half-year grounding of the shuttle fleet; flights resumed in 1988, with STS-26 flown by Discovery. Challenger was replaced by Endeavour, which was built from structural spares ordered by NASA in the construction contracts for Discovery and Atlantis.
- Destination: Low Earth Orbit
- Mission length: 8 days 5 hours
Space Shuttle Challenger successfully landed at the Shuttle Landing Facility after this mission.
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Challenger (STS 41-G) · NORAD 15353 · 1984-108 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1984-108A
- Epoch
- 1984-10-05 14:04:59 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.72271497 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0009484
- Inclination
- 57.0002°
- Ascending node
- 79.6761°
- Arg. of perigee
- 280.4594°
- Mean anomaly
- 91.8201°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 3
- B*
- 0.00025999
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
2 catalogued: 2 payloads
- Challenger (STS 41-G) · NORAD 15353 · landed October 13, 1984
- ERBS · NORAD 15354
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
STS-41-G was the thirteenth flight of the shuttle program and sixth of the Space Shuttle Challenger. It was the second landing made at the Kenendy Space Center. It was the first crew to carry two women, the first American EVA involving a woman, the first Australian Astronaut and first Canadian Astronaut.
Pad
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
25th launch from Launch Complex 39A, 4th this year · 30th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
35 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did STS-41-G launch?
STS-41-G launched on October 5, 1984. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch STS-41-G?
Coverage: CBS News Coverage of The STS-41-G Launch. Watch the replay
What rocket launched STS-41-G?
Space Shuttle, flown by Lockheed Space Operations Company. Space Shuttle spec sheet
Where did STS-41-G launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
What orbit did STS-41-G reach?
Challenger (STS 41-G), one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 353 × 366 km orbit inclined 57.0°.
How many satellites did STS-41-G launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is STS-41-G part of?
Space Shuttle. About Space Shuttle