Lockheed Space Operations Company
STS-51-J
Space Shuttle
SUCCESS
Success
Thursday, October 3, 1985 · 15:15 UTC
Mission
/01STS-51-J was the twenty-first space shuttle mission and the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. It was the second mission dedicated to deploying a Department of Defence payload. It was a classified mission however we do know that it deployed two 10 satellites.
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
33
Pad Launches
38
Location Launches
12
Agency Launches
95
Orbital This Year