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Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103
Launched 1984-08-30 12:41:50 UTCLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
93rd
orbital launch attempt in 1984
Lockheed Space Operations Company
3rd
launch this year
Launch Complex 39A
3rd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
145 d 22 h
since the pad's previous 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.
Launches
65
Successful
64
98%
Upcoming
0
scheduled
Height
56.1m
Diameter
8m
To low Earth orbit
27,500kg
Liftoff thrust
28,200kN
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