STS-51-I
Sign in to saveSTS-51-I was the 20th mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program and the sixth flight of Space Shuttle Discovery. During the mission, Discovery deployed three communications satellites into orbit. The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on August 27, 1985, and landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on September 3, 1985.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- STS-51-I
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Space Transportation System-20
- Spaceflight.image
- STS-51-I SYNCOM IV-3 EVA by James van Hoften.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- van Hoften next to the crippled Syncom IV-3 (Leasat-3) satellite, during the mission's first EVA.
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Satellites deploymentSatellite repair
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA
- Spaceflight.orbits_completed
- 112
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 5
- Spaceflight.crew_EVAs
- 2
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC (6:58:01amEDT)
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kennedy, LC-39A
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- Rockwell International
- Spaceflight.landing_date
- UTC (6:15:43amPDT)
- Spaceflight.landing_site
- Edwards, Runway23
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Low Earth orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
- 28.45°
- Spaceflight.orbit_period
- 92.00 minutes
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human spaceflight
- Part of
- Space Shuttle program
- Operator
- NASA
- Followed by
- STS-51-J
- Follows
- STS-51-F
- Duration
- 613062
- Mass
- 17540
- Orbital period
- 92.0
- Image
- STS-51-I SYNCOM IV-3 EVA by James van Hoften.jpg
- Significant event
- landing
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- type of orbit
- low Earth orbit
- orbital inclination
- 28.45
- Commons category
- STS-51-I
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1985-08-27
- crew members
- William Frederick Fisher
- vessel
- Discovery
- location of landing
- Edwards Air Force Base
- orbits completed
- 112
- UTC date of spacecraft landing
- 1985-09-03
- Commons gallery
- STS-51-I
- periapsis
- 350
- apoapsis
- 465
- start point
- Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
- archives at
- Lunar and Planetary Institute
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Crew
- Spacewalks
- Crew seat assignments
- Launch
- Mission summary
- Mission insignia
- Wake-up calls
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
STS-51-I was the 20th mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program and the sixth flight of Space Shuttle Discovery. During the mission, Discovery deployed three communications satellites into orbit. The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on August 27, 1985, and landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on September 3, 1985.
== Crew ==
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