1991 · Lockheed Space Operations Company
STS-48
successSpace Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-48
STS-48 was the thirteenth mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery and its primary purpose was to launch the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite. The flight was also the first to test an electronic still camera in space, a modified Nikon F4.
Overview
- Date / time
- September 12, 1991 at 11:11 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 39A
- Mission
- STS-48
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit