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Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103
Launched 1985-04-12 13:59:05 UTCLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
28th
orbital launch attempt in 1985
Lockheed Space Operations Company
2nd
launch this year
Launch Complex 39A
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
77 d 18 h
since the pad's previous launch
STS-51-D was the sixteenth flight of the shuttle and fourth for the Space Shuttle Discovery. Its mission was to deploy a number of 10 satellites. The landing suffered extensive brake damaged and a ruptured tire. All subsequent landings had to be done at the Edwards Air Force Base until the development and implementation of nose steering.
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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