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1989 · Lockheed Space Operations Company

STS-34 (Galileo)

successSpace Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-34

STS-34 was the thirty-first shuttle mission and the fifth for Atlantis. It deployed the Jupiter-bound Galileo probe.

Overview

Date / time
October 18, 1989 at 04:53 PM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Launch Complex 39B
Mission
STS-34 (Galileo)
Mission type
Planetary Science
Orbit achieved
Low Earth Orbit
Launch vehicle
Space Shuttle →
Launch provider
Lockheed Space Operations Company →

Payloads deployed · 2

GALILEO
Galileo · Jupiter
STS 34
LEO