STS-51-C Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
24 Jan 1985, 7:50pm
UTC
Location
Pad
Launch Complex 39A
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Spacecraft Stage
Space Shuttle
Crew
Ken Mattingly
Loren Shriver
Gary Payton
Ellison Onizuka
James Buchli
Mission
STS-51-C
Mission Type
Government/Top Secret
Destination
Low Earth Orbit
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.
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STS-51C launch Discovery
Updated: Jun 15, 1:00pm UTC
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