1985 · Lockheed Space Operations Company
STS-51-C
successSpace Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51-C
STS-51-C was the fifteenth flight of the shuttle program and third for the Space Shuttle Discovery. It was the first space shuttle mission dedicated to the United States Department of Defense and therefore, the mission details remain classified.
Overview
- Date / time
- January 24, 1985 at 07:50 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 39A
- Mission
- STS-51-C
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit