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1991 · Lockheed Space Operations Company

STS-43

successSpace Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-43

STS-43 was the ninth flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. The nine day mission had a primary goal of launching the fifth Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-E.

Overview

Date / time
August 2, 1991 at 03:02 PM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Launch Complex 39A
Mission
STS-43
Mission type
Communications
Orbit achieved
Low Earth Orbit
Launch vehicle
Space Shuttle →
Launch provider
Lockheed Space Operations Company →

Payloads deployed · 2

STS 43
LEO
TDRS 5
GEO