STS-51-C

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Mission emblem
Mission emblem STS-51-C
Mission dates
Mission: STS-51-C
COSPAR-ID : 1985-010A
Crew: 5
Begin: January 24, 1985, 19:50:00  UTC
Starting place: Kennedy Space Center , LC-39A
Landing: January 27, 1985, 21:23:23 UTC
Landing place: Kennedy Space Center, Lane 15
Flight duration: 3d 1h 33m 23s
Earth orbits: 49
Track height: 400 km
Orbit inclination : 28.5 °
Covered track: 2.0 million km
Payload: Secret reconnaissance satellite
Team photo
v. l. No. Gary Payton, Loren Shriver, Thomas Mattingly, James Buchli, Ellison Onizuka
v. l. No. Gary Payton, Loren Shriver, Thomas Mattingly, James Buchli, Ellison Onizuka
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STS-51-A STS-51-D

STS-51-C ( english S pace T ransportation S ystem ) is a mission designation for the US Space Shuttle Discovery ( OV -103) of NASA . The launch took place on January 24, 1985. It was the 15th space shuttle mission and the third flight of the space shuttle Discovery.

team

Main team

replacement

Payton and Wright did not belong to NASA, but were selected by the US Air Force as military payload specialists (Manned Spaceflight Engineers) for this flight.

Mission overview

STS-51-C was a military mission on behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense .

According to the original plan, the mission should have been flown by the Shuttle Challenger . However, this was not yet available due to problems with the heat protection tiles.

Due to the cold weather, the start had to be postponed by one day.

The aim of the mission was to deploy the Magnum geostationary reconnaissance satellite over the Soviet Union. Details were kept confidential at the time.

See also

Web links

Commons : STS-51-C  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files