1992 · Lockheed Space Operations Company
STS-53
successSpace Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-53
STS-53 was a Space Shuttle Discovery mission in support of the United States Department of Defense. The mission was launched on 2 December 1992 from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
Overview
- Date / time
- December 2, 1992 at 01:24 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 39A
- Mission
- STS-53
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit