STS-51-C
Sign in to saveSTS-51-C (formerly STS-10) was the 15th flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program, and the third flight of Space Shuttle Discovery. It launched on January 24, 1985, and made the fourth shuttle landing at the Shuttle Landing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on January 27, 1985. STS-51-C was the first shuttle mission dedicated to the United States Department of Defense (DoD), and consequently many details remain classified. NASA reported that a satellite (USA-8) was deployed during the mission using an Inertial Upper Stage booster and met mission objectives. At just over three days,
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- STS-51-C
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Space Transportation System-15
- Spaceflight.image
- STS51C-35-105.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- Discovery in orbit; in-flight photography of the Department of Defense support mission is limited.
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- DoD satellite deployment
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA
- Spaceflight.orbits_completed
- 49
- Spaceflight.landing_mass
- (Classified)
- Spaceflight.payload_mass
- (Classified)
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 5
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC (2:50pmEST)
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kennedy, LC-39A
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- Rockwell International
- Spaceflight.landing_date
- UTC (4:23:23amEST)
- Spaceflight.landing_site
- Kennedy, SLF Runway 15
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Low Earth orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
- 28.45°
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human spaceflight
- Part of
- Space Shuttle program
- Operator
- NASA
- Followed by
- STS-51-D
- Follows
- STS-51-A
- Duration
- 264803
- Mass
- 113802
- Orbital period
- 91.3
- Image
- STS-51-C crew.jpg
- Significant event
- landing
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- Commons category
- STS-51-C
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1985-01-24
- type of orbit
- low Earth orbit
- crew members
- Gary Payton
- vessel
- Discovery
- orbits completed
- 49
- UTC date of spacecraft landing
- 1985-01-27
- Commons gallery
- STS-51-C
- location of landing
- Launch and Landing Facility
- orbital inclination
- 28.5
- periapsis
- 332
- apoapsis
- 341
- start point
- Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
- archives at
- Lunar and Planetary Institute
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Crew
- Backup crew
- Crew seat assignments
- Mission summary
- Mission insignia
- Connection to the ''Challenger'' disaster
- See also
- References
- External links
STS-51-C (formerly STS-10) was the 15th flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program, and the third flight of Space Shuttle Discovery. It launched on January 24, 1985, and made the fourth shuttle landing at the Shuttle Landing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on January 27, 1985. STS-51-C was the first shuttle mission dedicated to the United States Department of Defense (DoD), and consequently many details remain classified. NASA reported that a satellite (USA-8) was deployed during the mission using an Inertial Upper Stage booster and met mission objectives. At just over three days, the mission was shorter in duration than most civilian missions and was the shortest of Discoverys career.
== Crew ==
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