STS-51-J
Sign in to saveSTS-51-J was NASA's 21st Space Shuttle mission and the maiden flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis. It launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on October 3, 1985, carrying a payload for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), and landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on October 7, 1985.
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Vinony's link graph records 221 inbound references to STS-51-J, and connects out to Eastern Time Zone, STS-51-C and New York City.
Vinony files it under 1985 in spaceflight, 1985 in the United States and Department of Defense Space Shuttle missions.
Vinony links it to 29 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.orbit_period
- 94.20 minutes
- Spaceflight.name
- STS-51-J
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Space Transportation System-21
- Spaceflight.image
- DSCS-III STS-51-J.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- DSCS-III satellites in Atlantis payload bay
- Spaceflight.image_upright
- yes
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Satellite deployment
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA / U.S. DoD
- Spaceflight.orbits_completed
- 64
- Spaceflight.launch_mass
- N/A
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 5
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC (11:15:30amEDT)
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kennedy, LC-39A
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- Rockwell International
- Spaceflight.landing_date
- UTC (10:00:08amPDT)
- Spaceflight.landing_site
- Edwards, Runway23
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Low Earth orbit
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human spaceflight
- Part of
- Space Shuttle program
- Operator
- NASA
- Followed by
- STS-61-A
- Follows
- STS-51-I
- Duration
- 351878
- Mass
- 19968
- Orbital period
- 94.2
- Image
- STS51J First Flight of Atlantis.jpg
- Significant event
- landing
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- Commons category
- STS-51-J
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1985-10-03
- type of orbit
- low Earth orbit
- crew members
- William A. Pailes
- vessel
- Atlantis
- location of landing
- Edwards Air Force Base
- orbits completed
- 64
- UTC date of spacecraft landing
- 1985-10-07
- Commons gallery
- STS-51-J
- orbital inclination
- 28.5
- periapsis
- 475
- apoapsis
- 484
- start point
- Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
- archives at
- Lunar and Planetary Institute
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Crew
- Backup crew
- Crew seat assignments
- Mission summary
- Mission insignia
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
STS-51-J was NASA's 21st Space Shuttle mission and the maiden flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis. It launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on October 3, 1985, carrying a payload for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), and landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on October 7, 1985.
== Crew ==
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