1985 · Lockheed Space Operations Company
STS-51-J
successSpace Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-51-J
STS-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.
Overview
- Date / time
- October 3, 1985 at 03:15 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 39A
- Mission
- STS-51-J
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit