Lockheed Space Operations Company
STS-43
Space Shuttle
SUCCESS
Success
Friday, August 2, 1991 · 15:02 UTC
Mission
/01STS-43 was the ninth flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. The nine day mission had a primary goal of launching the fifth Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-E.
Mission Type
Communications
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
41
Pad Launches
59
Location Launches
33
Agency Launches
56
Orbital This Year