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Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103
Launched 1985-01-24 19:50 UTCLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
10th
orbital launch attempt in 1985
Lockheed Space Operations Company
1st
launch this year
Launch Complex 39A
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
77 d 7 h
since the pad's previous launch
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.
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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