Orbica
UpcomingTimelineAgenciesRocketsSatellitesTrackIntel
← 1990

1990 · Lockheed Space Operations Company

STS-41

successSpace Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-41

STS-41 was the eleventh mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery. The four-day mission with a primary objective the launch the Ulysses probe as part of the International Solar Polar Mission.

Overview

Date / time
October 6, 1990 at 11:47 AM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Launch Complex 39B
Mission
STS-41
Mission type
Heliophysics
Orbit achieved
Low Earth Orbit
Launch vehicle
Space Shuttle →
Launch provider
Lockheed Space Operations Company →

Payloads deployed · 2

STS 41
LEO
ULYSSES
Heliocentric