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1989 · Lockheed Space Operations Company

STS-29

successSpace Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-29

STS-29 was the eighth flight of Discovery and its primary mission was to deploy the TDRS-D 10 satellite. It also deployed eight secondary payloads.

Overview

Date / time
March 13, 1989 at 02:57 PM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Launch Complex 39B
Mission
STS-29
Mission type
Communications
Orbit achieved
Low Earth Orbit
Launch vehicle
Space Shuttle →
Launch provider
Lockheed Space Operations Company →

Payloads deployed · 2

STS 29
LEO
TDRS 4
GEO