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STS-51-B
Human spaceflight. STS-51-B was launched on April 29, 1985 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: landed (May 6, 1985).
COSPAR 1985-034ANORAD 15665United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Challenger (STS 51-B)
- Common name
- STS-51-B
- Payload designation
- OV-099
- International designator
- 1985-034A
- NORAD catalog number
- 15665
- GCAT identifier
- S15665
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/134
Mission
- Mission type
- Human spaceflight
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- OV-099
- Owner
- NASA JSC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Rockwell International (Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale)
- Platform (bus)
- STS OV
Launch
- Date
- April 29, 1985 · 16:02 UTC
- Launch record
- 1985-034Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 345 km
- Apogee
- 359 km
- Inclination
- 56.99°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- May 6, 1985
- Last known active
- May 6, 1985
- End of operations
- May 6, 1985
Size
- Mass
- 93.1 t
- Dry mass
- 85.3 t
- Total mass with attached objects
- 104.8 t
- Length
- 37.3 m
- Diameter
- 23.80 m
- Span
- 37.3 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q834698 (CC0).