Lockheed Space Operations Company
STS-51-D
Space Shuttle
SUCCESS
Success
Friday, April 12, 1985 · 13:59 UTC
Mission
/01STS-51-D was the sixteenth flight of the shuttle and fourth for the Space Shuttle Discovery. Its mission was to deploy a number of 10 satellites. The landing suffered extensive brake damaged and a ruptured tire. All subsequent landings had to be done at the Edwards Air Force Base until the development and implementation of nose steering.
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
28
Pad Launches
33
Location Launches
7
Agency Launches
28
Orbital This Year