Lockheed Space Operations CompanyLaunch Successful
STS-51-C
Space Shuttle
Historical mission record
This page records Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51-C and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITEKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Mission
STS-51-C was the fifteenth flight of the shuttle program and third for the Space Shuttle Discovery. It was the first space shuttle mission dedicated to the United States Department of Defense and therefore, the mission details remain classified.
- Launch vehicle
- Space Shuttle
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Destination orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
- Spacecraft
- Space Shuttle Discovery
- Destination
- Low Earth Orbit
- Launch pad
- Launch Complex 39A
- Provider
- Lockheed Space Operations Company
- Programs
- Space Shuttle
The people behind the mission
Meet the crew
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Launch crew
Space Shuttle Discovery
Landing crew (5)Space Shuttle Discovery
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS). Five complete Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles were built and flown on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011.
- Height
- 56.1 m
- Diameter
- 8 m
- Stages
- 2
- Recorded launches
- 135
- First flight
- 1981-04-12
Recorded timing
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Launch site & orbit
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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Launch site & orbit
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