STS-51-J
Sign in to saveSTS-51-J was NASA's 21st Space Shuttle mission and the maiden flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis. It launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on October 3, 1985, carrying a payload for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), and landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on October 7, 1985.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.orbit_period
- 94.20 minutes
- Spaceflight.name
- STS-51-J
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Space Transportation System-21
- Spaceflight.image
- DSCS-III STS-51-J.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- DSCS-III satellites in Atlantis payload bay
- Spaceflight.image_upright
- yes
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Satellite deployment
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA / U.S. DoD
- Spaceflight.orbits_completed
- 64
- Spaceflight.launch_mass
- N/A
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 5
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC (11:15:30amEDT)
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kennedy, LC-39A
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- Rockwell International
- Spaceflight.landing_date
- UTC (10:00:08amPDT)
- Spaceflight.landing_site
- Edwards, Runway23
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Low Earth orbit
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human spaceflight
- Part of
- Space Shuttle program
- Operator
- NASA
- Followed by
- STS-61-A
- Follows
- STS-51-I
- Duration
- 351878
- Mass
- 19968
- Orbital period
- 94.2
- Image
- STS51J First Flight of Atlantis.jpg
- Significant event
- landing
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- Commons category
- STS-51-J
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1985-10-03
- type of orbit
- low Earth orbit
- crew members
- William A. Pailes
- vessel
- Atlantis
- location of landing
- Edwards Air Force Base
- orbits completed
- 64
- UTC date of spacecraft landing
- 1985-10-07
- Commons gallery
- STS-51-J
- orbital inclination
- 28.5
- periapsis
- 475
- apoapsis
- 484
- start point
- Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
- archives at
- Lunar and Planetary Institute
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Crew
- Backup crew
- Crew seat assignments
- Mission summary
- Mission insignia
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
STS-51-J was NASA's 21st Space Shuttle mission and the maiden flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis. It launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on October 3, 1985, carrying a payload for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), and landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on October 7, 1985.
== Crew ==
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