1984 · Lockheed Space Operations Company
STS-51-A
successSpace Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51-A
STS-51-A was the fourteenth flight of the Space Shuttle program and second flight for the Space Shuttle Discovery. The mission lasted 8 days and deployed a number of 10 satellites.
Overview
- Date / time
- November 8, 1984 at 12:15 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 39A
- Mission
- STS-51-A
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit