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1985 · Lockheed Space Operations Company

STS-51-C

successSpace Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51-C

STS-51-C was the fifteenth flight of the shuttle program and third for the Space Shuttle Discovery. It was the first space shuttle mission dedicated to the United States Department of Defense and therefore, the mission details remain classified.

Overview

Date / time
January 24, 1985 at 07:50 PM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Launch Complex 39A
Mission
STS-51-C
Mission type
Government/Top Secret
Orbit achieved
Low Earth Orbit
Launch vehicle
Space Shuttle →
Launch provider
Lockheed Space Operations Company →

Payloads deployed · 2

STS 51C
LEO
USA 8
GEO