Lockheed Space Operations Company
STS-51-C
Space Shuttle
SUCCESS
Success
Thursday, January 24, 1985 · 19:50 UTC
Mission
/01STS-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.
Mission Type
Government/Top Secret
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Successful
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Space Shuttle
Launch Pad
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
28.608° N, 80.604° W
27
Pad Launches
32
Location Launches
6
Agency Launches
10
Orbital This Year