1991 · Lockheed Space Operations Company
STS-43
successSpace Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-43
STS-43 was the ninth flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. The nine day mission had a primary goal of launching the fifth Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-E.
Overview
- Date / time
- August 2, 1991 at 03:02 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 39A
- Mission
- STS-43
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit