LAUNCH CENTER

Launch Image
Success
Sun Sep 12 1993
Lockheed Space Operations Company

STS-51

Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

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(11:45 AM UTC)

Launch Window Start

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(11:45 AM UTC)

Launch Window End

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(11:45 AM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Space Shuttle

Description:

Space Shuttle rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Communications
  • STS-51 was a Space Shuttle Discovery mission that launched the Advanced 10 Technology Satellite (ACTS) in September 1993. The flight also featured the deployment and retrieval of the SPAS-ORFEUS satellite and its IMAX camera, which captured spectacular footage of Discovery in space. A spacewalk was also performed during the mission to evaluate tools and techniques for the STS-61 Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission later that year.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Pad

Launch Complex 39B