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Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103
Launched 1993-09-12 11:45 UTCLaunch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
60th
orbital launch attempt in 1993
Lockheed Space Operations Company
5th
launch this year
Launch Complex 39B
4th
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
82 d 22 h
since the pad's previous launch
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.
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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