LAUNCH CENTER
Failure
Tue Jan 28 1986
Lockheed Space Operations Company
STS-51-L
Launch Failure
LAUNCH PREVIEW
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(4:38 PM UTC)
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(4:38 PM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(4:38 PM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
Space ShuttleDescription:
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Human Exploration
- The tenth mission for Challenger, STS-51-L was scheduled to deploy the second in a series of Tracking and Data Relay Satellites, carry out the first flight of the Shuttle-Pointed Tool for Astronomy (SPARTAN-203) / Halley's Comet Experiment Deployable in order to observe Halley's Comet, and carry out several lessons from space as part of the Teacher in Space Project and Shuttle Student Involvement Program (SSIP).
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Pad
Launch Complex 39B